It is true, there will be times when no one believes in you.
There will be times when the only thing you can rely on is yourself.
There will be times when you have to trust yourself — to have faith in nothing more than yourself.
This is what it takes to make a leap toward the goal.
But be careful that you don’t take yourself too seriously in this self-trusting process.
As I first began to learn that the world does not have my best interest in mind — as I learned that to grow, I must learn how to self-sustain in order to remain free from the unpredictable upheavals of the world, I found immense strength and confidence in myself.
I discovered that I could do this.
I could step outside the sheepfold and make my own way in this world.
Confidence — growing confidence.
When my ideas worked, when my inclinations were validated by those I looked up to, when I took a step forward in spite of difficulties, my sense of significance…
