We Are Equal to Other People

Coming to believe that we are equal to the people who share our lives each day and to the other men and women we meet by happenstance—this is an important gift of the Twelve Step program. Most of us, however, have had to work at self-acceptance. ~ Casey, Karen. A Life of My Own: Meditations on Hope and Acceptance (Hazelden Meditations) (p. 377). Hazelden Publishing. Kindle Edition.

Did you find it difficult to accept yourself? I certainly did.  Intelligence? I had that, believed it only because I could compare how much I knew with other's grades and understanding... But personal worth didn't show up on report cards, in some kind of evaluation of inherent worth!  For me that required  a Twelve-Step program. Reading the literature and listening to self-doubt in the stories of others, I actually learned  I'm not inferior, I'm just another Bozo on the Bus!