CONFIDENCE?

Have you ever come across anyone who never quits putting you down by making you feel you're not even worth a penny? Like every other day, they'll be reminding you how great they are, the no. of people attracted to them etc...but that's not the end! They will not forget to tell you what an impossibility it is if there was EVER anything good in you.

Do you sometimes wonder why these people do such things? Without you even speaking a word, they would naturally tell you 'this person likes me, that person is checking ME out (not you) and there is no way he/she is/will ever be interested in you', yada yada and the story never ends. Childish? ABSOLUTELY with a capital C!

There are countless people that thinks putting down another person will in someway or another, lift themselves up. This is a complete bulls***. If you've met anyone like this, remember that it is not YOU being the problem, it is simply THEM feeling insecure, or worse, feeling threatened by YOUR presence.

I don't even like the thought of me writing this in my blog! (Simply 'cause it's too minute a topic) But I honestly think I'm not the only one facing people like that, and it may be helpful if someone else reading this is going through the same rubbish and AFFECTED by it!

Confidence comes from within, NOT without. People CANNOT determine your self-esteem because only YOU have the ability to make yourself WORTHY (or WORTHLESS). You are NOT what you think you are, but WHAT YOU THINK, you are! The mind is the greatest gift God has given us but if used negatively, it could be our greatest defeat. Your surroundings (including pessimists) could well come up to you to remind you how terrible, weak, useless, unproductive, ugly, fat, or stupid you are. What's gonna sustain you?

In such a bad economy, with bad news revolving every other day and as if it's not bad enough, negative people.. what sustains you? What keeps you going? What holds your confidence? As a believer, without a doubt God is my greatest confidence 'cause even if all else fail, He never fails me! But if you aren't a believer, what keeps you going? The answer is YOURSELF.

Too good/easy to be true? NO! Hear me out because i'm speaking with great passion! If you wake up tomorrow with an inner voice saying "Gosh I'm such a failure, I look horrible, my work's not gonna get done, it's another nightmare at work/school", truth is, it will be! However, if you make everyday a CHOICE to believe in yourself, to know you are as good as you WANT it to be, eventually your actions will correlate with your thoughts! And the results? A good day with productivity and success right in the center of your palms.

Here are a few wise quotes to encourage those of you who needs them:

"Great minds have purposes; others have wishes. Little minds are subdued by misfortunes; but great minds rise above them"

"All great achievers are given multiple reasons to believe they are failures. But in spite of that, they persevere."

"What distinguishes winners from losers is that winners concentrate at all times on what they can do, not on what they can't do."

"No matter what happens to you, the important thing is what happens in you."

"A champion gets up one more time than he gets knocked down."