I believe we essentially agree, Rose76, and then concerning this:
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Originally Posted by Rose76
...the predicament of a person who must always depend extensively on others due to chronic disability. Perhaps a person is born with a medical condition that makes physical independence impossible. Then, I think, the source of a sense of self-worth is not so easy to trace.
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It is not oneself that gives worth to oneself (although many people surely do try to proclaim their own worth on their own terms), and this kind of case or scenario shows how one's sense of worth comes from outside oneself such as from the attentions, affections and/or care freely given by others.