Are You Awesome?

I have a secret. I have never told myself that I am awesome. Hard to believe? I was conversing recently with friends and family when the topic of self-esteem came up. "What exactly is self-esteem and how do you tell someone how to increase it or obtain it if they do not have it?" I asked. "It's a state of mind," my husband responded. "It's what you tell yourself every day" our close friend chimed in. She continued by saying, "Self-esteem is telling yourself that you are awesome on a regular basis." Telling myself I am awesome regularly? Hmmmm....I had to think for a moment. I realized I have never viewed myself as awesome. I mean, of course, I have viewed things that I have done as pretty good but not necessarily rising to the level of awesome. Could this explain why high self-esteem for me has felt at times as an elusive characteristic that only others possessed? Intrigued, I looked up the definition of awesome and...