You and I need to find a balance between a high self esteem and humility. One without the other does not work.

Recognize and celebrate your strengths, but also identify and work on your shortcomings. It is never only about strengths or only shortcomings.
Sing aloud about your victories and testimonies, but also learn from the defeats. Your story is not complete with only one of them.
Accept that there will be people who will love you and there will be some who will not. The one does not exist without the other.
Acknowledge that there will be doors that will readily open for you, but there will be some that will sit in your face, no matter how much you bang on them. And indeed, both doors are necessary.
Never forget that there is seed time, but also that there is time to harvest. And, one without the other is simply meaningless.

Cry your tears if and when you need to, but also smile and laugh with reckless abandon whenever you’re not crying.
Dance when there is music playing, but also learn to make melodies in your heart and create your own music when the world grows silent.
Whatever you do and whatever you have to deal with in life, remember that there are two sides to every coin.
And, whatever side of the coin you’re looking at, remember that the other side is still there.
Whatever you do, find a balance.

Remember that there will be pain and there will also be joy.
There will be `yes´ and there will be `no´.
There will be days and there will be nights.
There will be tears and there will be laughter.
There will be rain and there will be sunshine.
There will be storms and there will be rainbows.
There will be too much of some things and too little of others.