Ha ha – it does speak to me! Sometimes I think low self-esteem is really caused by excessive pride. Like – I am better than this crappy life! I deserve the best, and I won’t be happy until I have that life! So, just like you are saying. I definitely could use a dose of humility. I look at very successful or famous people. At some point even they had to accept that they were at the bottom or at the beginning, be vulnerable and just try. And then you are just grateful for whatever good comes. I think most happy people are like that. At the same time, I do think there is an underlying lack of security. I am desperate for approval because I didn’t get it as a child. I also, though, have been in the wrong field. I haven’t been true to who I am and the gifts I’ve been given.