You can perhaps write music and allow others to appreciate your compositions or get involved with poetry and develop the genius in you. There are endless possibilities, you just have to be open to them. Remember that the only being that would stop your from developing is yourself and the only being that would spar you towards your own happiness is also yourself. However, this does not negate the fact that for the person undergoing low self esteem such things are vital in their being. This condition will also impede a person from making healthy decisions. Due to their tendency for social withdrawal and lack of trust on their capacities, people with too low self confidence becomes anxious with their social dealings. The very things we want to attain will not pass by us so long as we won't work towards achieving them. It takes effort to make things happen though. And the self confident people have acquired their attributes not out of luck. An author once said that the most beautiful people do not just happen. They must know hardship, they must know suffering, they must know defeat, struggle and loss before they truly understand the depth of their worth. Low self worth is a state that is closely associated with feeling of unimportance, sadness, depression, inadequacy, diminished sense of self, insecurities, self loath and an over all sinking feeling. Letting a child live in these conditions would deprive him of options for growth. Instead, he would have to endure self-sabotaging behaviors and decisions that are manifested through low self confidence. Here are some guidelines that you can follow to lead you in gaining your self confidence: If your past bothers you and you think that it has greatly affected the level of your self confidence (which is by the way a solid truth) then just remember one thing- anyone can begin something at any given moment of his life. Like the fingerprints that are embedded into our skin, all of us developed uniquely. And this very uniqueness can directly affect how self confident we are, from childhood to grave. Raising children is not enough. Parents must be careful not to affect their children's sense of self in any negative way possible.