Value vs. Worth

This is such a good read. I highly recommend you read it thoroughly and pass it to your friends.

Taking all this into consideration the conclusion is that your value, your worth is not tied in any form or manner to your income, your monetary worth. You are not worth less because you earn less than someone else of comparable skill (or in extreme ‘worthless’ if you earn nothing at this point). We may “know” this, claiming it to be common sense, but we often don’t actually consciously accept it because of lack of acknowledgment. I often see very artistic, creative and skilled people struggling to make ends meet as they desperately try to gain any considerable recognition. I have several artist friends who are very talented yet work low paying day jobs (for intrinsic psychological reasons), are therefore hardly able to pay their bills and often end up neglecting what’s so important to them, their art. This can turn into a vicious cycle, especially if they are soft spoken and timid. Self doubt and dwindling self esteem (self worth) are often the result.