Thesis Proposal

So I've decided I wanted to change what I write about. Because we’re writing this op-ed for the Daily Universe, why not make it relevant specifically to BYU students then. So instead, I want to focus on self-esteem…

Thesis Proposal: While having self-esteem is important for one’s personal confidence and is defined as a favorable impression of oneself, working intently on gaining an impressionable one can lead to more harm than good. Rather, there needs to be a greater focus on divine worth.

  1. Even as college students, many of us are still trying to figure out who we are and where we belong in the world. We desire a sense of importance in our lives and to be someone noteworthy. We desire self-esteem. However, self-esteem is feeling confident from a worldly perspective, gained primarily from comparing yourself to others. Focusing on your divine worth instead, though, is seeing yourself as the incredible individual that you are through the eyes of our Heavenly Father. Even for those BYU students who aren't LDS can come recognize that they have a divine worth uniquely exceptional, just by looking inward and recognizing the qualities and attributes that make you remarkable.

  2. The reason I bring up this topic is that there are so many people trying so hard to impress others rather than themselves: caking so much makeup on to look more attractive, acting loud and obnoxious to try to gain attention, being a show-off to impress others, feeling like being immodest is necessary to be desirable. These are some of the issues that come with working for a self-esteem. A lack of confidence in yourself comes from comparing your weaknesses to the strengths of others.