NEVER DOUBT YOURSELF


If I would leave any thought with someone I would say never doubtyourself. No matter what people say, no matter what you may thinksometimes, never doubt yourself. If you believe in yourself you willsucceed far more than you will fail. He who possesses a quiet kind offaith in his ability to perform a task already has the task halfcompleted.

Believe in yourself despite setbacks, despite the seemingly immovableobstacles, despite the cold and dark, despite the woe and pain, andeventually your faith will come to fruition, and you will find all thosetroubles behind you.

The simplest thing in the world is to deride ourselves because we made amistake, to give up and say, "I'm no good", but the more difficult thingis to believe in ourselves and constructively continue our life. Thegreatest error in life is to downgrade ourselves. The most horribletragedies in life have occurred from a lack of faith in one's own self,one's own ability, from a belief that one cannot succeed, but thatfailure is their sole lot in life.

There seems to be a self uncertainty that builds up in the mind everytime one makes a mistake or fails to accomplish a task, and with everysuccessive blunder the uncertainty grows stronger until one doubts one'sability to do anything right. Being human we are host to a number offrailties, each one of which disturbs and depresses us, and makes usdoubt our worth. We are not a mechanically precise machine, we are abundle of nerves which often tangle and get jangled, but are capable ofamazing performance.

We have more strength than we believe, there is more fight within usthan we know, and far more potential than we could ever call forth oreven dream of being possible.

Copyright 1999 Walter Westfall --- Illinois

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