#self-assured

Relaxed in Vibrant Clothing

“a feeling of self-assurance arising from one’s appreciation of one’s own abilities or qualities” I’ve learned that confidence is something that’s built over time as we allow ourselves to try new things, explore new avenues, tip our toes into the proverbial waters of the ocean (pool, river, pond, tub, etc). And as the decades have passed for me, I have also come to learn that it almost doesn’t…

2021 in review- Many Q&A sessions for colleges and universities, especially three schools in Iowa that generously opened their event to everyone.

His advice to students just starting out:

“As a teenager, I probably would've been less scared, but at the same time, I don’t know if I would have gotten here if anything had changed. So, you don’t want to butterfly-effect your past, but I wish that I could go back and feel a little more self-assured.”

-Dan Levy, Iowa State Daily, April 2021:  https://www.iowastatedaily.com

I feel that sometimes I feel bad but I resist the feelings and thoughts I have and therefore, by not acknowledging them in my awareness, by keeping them separate from my present, what I do have in my present

is strain.

Are you denying what you know as reality?

Because if you deny your real awareness, you can’t do anything about it. So many times I have felt stuck, and I think now it…