My experience on Self-Esteem

My self-esteem was always contingent upon my external environment, achievements, goals reached. Losing those things, left me with nothing. It can come from within, realizing I can take refuge within myself with self-love. "Self" derived from myself. I love myself. So, no matter who comes and goes in my life, the material possessions I amass and lose, I realize that my foundation of self-esteem is built on self-love.