You may feel grossly underappreciated or even entirely unappreciated today as you strive to do your best yet attract no recognition from your loved ones, coworkers, or peers. Your response to this apparent animosity may be to deem yourself incapable of achieving your dreams and unworthy of attaining success. However, this self-directed negative attitude can make fulfilling your obligations and addressing goal-oriented pursuits difficult or impossible. Consider that while you may not receive praise from others, you can nonetheless appreciate the care and diligence with which you have approached your day's tasks. As you develop a greater level of respect for yourself through positive thinking today, what others think or do will likely cease to matter.

Since self-esteem must come from within, it is only inside of our own souls that we can find the confidence and courage that makes us feel worthy of our dreams. A lack of outside appreciation or praise can dishearten us as well as cause us to question our capabilities. Yet to recover from this type of hurt, it is necessary that we learn to appreciate ourselves and our many wonderful qualities. Realizing our dreams is most often a matter of self-assurance because our belief in ourselves acts as an intensely potent motivator. We derive enthusiasm and purpose from the lasting love we feel toward ourselves more so than from the temporary admiration we receive from others. As you nurture self-esteem within yourself today, you'll simply take pleasure in the pride you feel upon doing a well-done job.