Self-worth v. selfishness

Sometimes if we are in a situation where we need to advocate for ourselves, internally we may think, "Well, that's selfish of me.  I should just let it be."   Our self-worth gets caught up in the guilt of thinking we are selfish and so we may let people take advantage of us, or give innappropriately of our time or money.  The difference is that every precious life on the planet is inherently self-worthy.  Selfishness involves clinging to things, labels or relationships to make ourselves feel better, that is, relying on an outside force for our happiness.  Self-worth involves utilizing our internal forces for happiness and well-being.  When we realize that everyone has self-worth, including ourselves, we begin to see our relationships with others and what we can give in those relationships as gifts, instead of giving out of guilt or sacrifice.    

Passion

When absolute passion strikes, look out!  Nothing can hold us back.  Even in the smallest terms, finding passion in what we do makes life so much sweeter.  How great would it be to not only have our cake and eat it too, but to be able to make that cake into whatever we wanted it to look and taste like?  When we have absolute passion about what we are doing, we are living to our highest potential, in our highest consciousness, and the world is the sweetest piece of cake we have ever tasted.