Today’s post will be short but I just wanted to touch
briefly on the role self-confidence has played in my life.
We all struggle with believing in ourselves at one point
or another in our lives, and to some degree, building self-confidence can be a lifelong
battle. As a teenager, I made a conscious effort not to speak in public and
attempted to hold my body in a certain way when I was walking. Needless to say,
this did not work out too well, because all someone had to do to know I wasn’t
quite the same as them was to look at me. Writing was an outlet and it gave me something
I could be sure of. As I grew older, the need to hide my voice and the way I
moved lessened. While the looks I received at times still made me feel a little
self-conscious, I stopped letting the views of others effect the rest of my
day. I know now that my disability is a part of who I am and that there is
nothing I can do to change that. All I can do is to continue to share, to create,
and hope that the need to touch a heart will overpower the temptation to hide myself
away for fear of being misunderstood. I would encourage those from all walks of
life to do the same.
*Note- I plan to post Monday-Friday and will do my best
to adhere to this schedule each week.
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