Diamonds, You cant live your life trying to appease everybody, or get them to like you while compromising who you are for the sake of winning them when they already have a warped perception that they are better than you. I am talking about fostering and nurturing a positive self worth. Your self worth does not come from those around you but has been given to you from the One who created you fearfully and wonderfully. God has an awesome perception of who you are and you never have to live beyond who He has created you to be. Don't look to man for validation or affirmation because, once man knows you need this in order to function, they will manipulate you and mistreat you once you no longer serve a purpose for their personal gain. Jesus came that we may have life more abundantly. Not be held captive or placed in bondage because we may suffer from poor self worth. You are valuable to God and he would not have you to be mistreated by anyone. He is interested though in exposing