[TraineeHuman]

Ortho: self-esteem is a way of being positive – and probably a prerequisite for a person to be capable of being positive, at any time. Therefore, self-esteem and positivity are closely inter-linked, in my view.

May I also suggest that what counts -- and all that counts -- is positive being? Positive thinking without positive being is one of the main forms of hypocrisy. Didn’t Jeshua / Jesus make it clear he was against that – perhaps more passionately than he was against anything else?

I understand theologians have ascertained that at least 85% of the bishops in the first century Church post-Jeshua were Pharisees who had converted to Jeshua's teachings. (However, a "bishop" simply meant somebody who was able to read.) Given Jeshua's / Jesus' accusations that the Pharisees were stuck in hypocrisy, though, unfortunately I have to admit I wonder to what extent such people were successful in achieving positive being.