Most people base their sense of worth on things that can be taken away. Results. Appearance. What other people think about them. And when those things are questioned or lost, the sense of self collapses. Eckhart Tolle points to a different kind of value. One that doesn’t depend on comparison, doesn’t demand that you be better than anyone else, and isn’t hurt by what happened to you in the past. There is something in you that has always been valuable. Not because someone gave it to you. Not because you deserved it. He was there before everything.
