Confidence.......the desire to succeed through fear

Written by watersmagoo on October 15, 2010

"Take ownership of the journey you were brave enough to create, to believe in, gain confidence in yourself and you shall succeed"....  Nicole Waterman

I see many sad eyes glancing to the left and right, unsure of their own step, their own light.  Too busy looking at someone elses.  It takes one mind, one soul, one heart to create a life changing journey....."ourselves"..

Many people are creatures of habit, saving their dreams for raining days and praying the ship doesnt rock on that wild sea......but when there is a storm you jump overboad and swim to paradise.   Because sometimes.....when you take the leap into the unknown and sometimes scary challenges....you come out the side confident and believing you can be the change you want to be.

No doubt, no fear, just belief that you have the power in your own hands to change your world.

After eight years of stability in one job.  Scared to leave, I was drowning in debt and unable to afford merely $50 a week on food, but I stayed because I was afraid that if I changed what I was used too...I wouldnt succeed. 

Let me admit something to you now....I got made redundant last month....the thing I was afraid off.....became a blessing in disguise.  Although it was a huge shock and I broke down many times, I had to focus on a part of me inside that I had ignored all those years.  "Confidence"...that I could succeed at anything.  I left work crying, sat underneath the building where I had walked to and from every day for the past eight years and I looked at people walking past and I told myself....well im here now in this position.  What shall I do?  I cant sit and cry forever, so I went home and wrote emails to all the people I had met through work thanking them for their friendship, and telling them that I was happy  for gaining alot of experience and people skills and that I valued each and everyone of them.  Not a word of anger or hate.  Just love and respect.

The next day I got a phone call to go to an interview, so I wrote my resume and told myself to be confident and smile.  Its important to laugh and smile, this creates warmth.  Through something that I feared to be so dark, soon become full of light.

I got the first job I applied for.  My redundancy paid off my debt of $18,000.  And I was able to move back home to my family.....something I have wanted to do for the past year.

My heart is now free....because I didnt stop believing that I would be ok.

Dream and Believe.....never sounded more true to me, than it did through this part of my life.

Watermagoo xoxo