Confidence

written August 31st, 2009

my two cents

Confidence is knowing you’re the best student in school, even if you aren’t a straight-A student, because you’ve given your best.

Confidence is knowing who you are, what you’re capable of, what and where your limits are, and what you can still do.

Confidence is knowing you can give the best at anything you’re doing.

Confidence is the ability to handle rejection like a man, and knowing you can’t get every girl, but that its all right because its really nothing serious and that you can handle it like an adult.

Confidence is knowing that even if you do get rejected you are still happy because you were true to yourself and didn't have to change yourself to fit someone else's ideal, but rather God's ideal.

Confidence is knowing that the world cannot put you down because your own approval doesn’t come from others.

Confidence is not putting others down to raise yourself up.

Confidence is not having the best of everything, but believing you have the ability to make the best of everything and being content.

Confidence comes from standing for what you believe in without fear of what others say, the humility to accept mistakes and be better, and the understanding that building yourself will take time.

Confidence comes from being true and honest to yourself, putting up no facades so you have nothing to hide, and nothing to lose, and even if the whole world accuses you at least you don’t have to lie to yourself.

Confidence comes from having the charity to say “I love you” to someone who might not like you all that much or treat you all that well.

Confidence comes from holding yourself to the highest standards so that you can do anything you want without having to fear yourself.

Confidence comes from knowing that you are half the battle, and then having the will and strength to do something about it.