Feeling good about yourself.

To be able to feel good about yourself is an art, most people are perfectionists when it comes to themselves. The funny thing is that no matter how incomplete and imperfect the people we have around us are, we are able to look past those things because we appreciate the people around us and in our own eyes they are perfect. So how come we aren't able to appreciate ourselves that way ? Well here in Norway we have this thing called "Janteloven" or "The law of Jante" if you will. It states that you are not to think you are better than others, you are not to think you are good at anything and it basically states that you are not supposed to appreciate yourself. And the sad thing is that this "law" is so implemented into our society it has actually become a norm. All human beings look for flaws in themselves instead of actually appreciating the things they are good at or are proud of, when we find these flaws that we have we exaggerate them and make them bigger than they really are.
So how do you actually manage to feel good about yourself, one way ofcourse is by others giving us complements and making us feel good about ourselves, but there are other ways working out is a good way to feel better about yourself, so what am I really saying here ? I guess the message of all this is "Live the life you love, and love the life you live".