Notes on Confidence

Listening to Penny's Podcast interview really made me think about confidence as a concept. Here are some of the thoughts that popped into my head:

Immediately I think of my basketball downfall - lack of defense. I was confident that I could simply score MORE than any opponent. Okay, so that's over-confidence. I digress.

Confidence and faith. They're close neighbors.

Confidence is a thing you may not know you have, like something in your teeth.

Confidence is a willingness to lose. It's a maturity that tells you 'it'll be fine in the end.'

Confidence is a hard thing to learn, and it's darn near impossible to teach, but it's important to learn. The only way to teach it is to teach a person to become aware of themselves. Good parenting helps, and is never too late.

Confidence is does not span across venues. Because I am confident with a saw, does not mean I am confident with different forks at a formal dinner. However, I've learned that I can learn. And that's confidence too, right?

Finally, confidence can be false, but if you're willing to throw a mud-ball at a bully in false-confidence, chances are he/she won't know the difference. And if you're willing to take the pounding, you've just BECOME more confident.

On a side note, it's interesting how things grow. Illustration Friday grew huge out of a simple idea for weekly posting. It's essentially an art exercise, just like stretching. Along the similar lines, song writers never can tell which songs will be successful. We really do not know which spitballs stick.