There is a significant and most relevant tie between self-esteem and purpose.  Living without the knowledge of purpose can make a person feel empty and worthless.  Thoughts along the lines of, “it doesn’t matter whether I live or die,” or “I’ll never be good enough anyway,” or “I don’t matter; I can’t make a difference,” invades our psyche and attacts our self esteem — how we value ourselves.  Only once, in the Old Testament, a Hebrew term is used to define the concept of no purpose.  “For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose:  therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still” (Isaiah 30.7).  Purpose in this passage is derived from the Hebrew word, ruyq, which means vanity; emptiness; or a worthless thing.  This notion of ruyq is what a person concedes to when he believes he has no purpose, and accepting and internalizing this concept of ruyq produces ill feelings towards one’s self.  Note, however, that I said this term is used only once.  Why only once?  It is used only once because everything is created on purpose with purpose.  That means you too!  So, there is no need to dwell on ruyq, because what you have going on is something altogether different, and understanding purpose will help to overcome those feelings of insignificance and worthlessness.

If you haven’t already started your journey towards discovering your purpose, today is a good day!