Health/affirmation/psychology
Affirmation Is What We Need
First of all, you have to know what affirmation means.
According to the Oxford Dictionary affirmation means: “The action or process of affirming something, a formal declaration by a person who declines to take an oath, emotional support or encouragement.”
Affirmation has everything to do with how we — the human beings — support each other, in any form. That could be the things we love to do such as writing, reading, playing the violin, painting. Whatever it is, you need a support system around you. No, not the money, but the love you get from the ones you love and the ones who love you. It doesn’t matter if that person likes it what you do or doesn’t like what you do. When they just support you, that is the kind of love you should look for. I think supporting one another is very important.
Let’s take these examples:
When your son wants to be a writer, you have to support him anyhow, as you are his parent. He will appreciate it very much. You shouldn’t tell him not to start a writing career, as you wish for him to be a doctor as a career choice for him (to earn a lot of money with being a doctor). It’s your son’s dream to be the best writer he could be. He only can achieve that by, of course, practicing, but also by all the supports he gets. So, you, his parent, should give him all the support you have.
It’s like your daughter doesn’t affirm your rules at home and just do whatever she wants to do, to get what she wants to have. She brings you in silence every time she was in trouble. You talked about these issues over and over, every time the situation had happened. But still, she didn’t listen to you. She never told the truth when things happened to benefit herself. At this point, she had no affirmation towards you. She didn’t respect the rules at home.
Affirmation is also when your brother and you agreed on the hospital operation of your beloved sick mother who can’t think on her own anymore. Both, him and you, think of the operation as she has to be better. This kind of affirmation is support for your mother and encouragement to let feel her better.
A lot of people have a lack of affirmation towards the values of other people. They spread hateful comments, however. That’ll be racism and bullying.
What happens to our lives, the people around us and to the world when we don’t affirmative?
Agnes Laurens is a writer. She writes for the local newspaper. Agnes lives in Bunnik, The Netherlands, with her husband and three daughters. Writing is — aside from playing the violin — one of her passions since childhood. She is on Twitter and Instagram.
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