Where do you get your self-esteem from?

Where do you get your self-esteem from? Is it from having a nice face and body? Society past and present have set great store in beauty. I read in one of my psychology books that people even perceive good looking people as good people. When we hear about  such a person doing something wrong, we usually say, "and they so good-looking too!' as if their outward good looks could make them good inside.
What do you get your self-esteem from? Educational or vocational achievements? Again, society tends to reward people who accomplish great things. Great acclaim and prestige and financial rewards follow such talented ones.
Where do you get your self-esteem? From making a lot of money. It is said that money can buy anything. Money can get you instant friends. Money makes some people feel that they're better than those poorer than themselves.
Can these things really give you self esteem? I beg you, look at the lives of so-called "rich and famous" and  the "pretty people." Divorce, drug overdoses, suicides abound. Their lives show clearly that self-esteem does not come from these things. "So," you may ask, "where does self-esteem comes from?"
I'll answer that question tomorrow.


"Love not the world, nor the things that are in the world." 1John 2:15 (KJV)