The Gradual Process of Gaining Confidence

Being hard on ourselves and others, we often assert that we either have confidence—or we don’t. Yet gaining confidence is a gradual process. It is only with practice that we learn to handle our affairs with proficiency and ease. Through practice, we learn to...

See How You’ve Grown

It needs to be good. No. It needs to be great. If it isn’t, it’s not worth anything. My sentiment is, of course, not true. Despite how I may feel, the worth of it, of anything, lies not in its goodness (or lack thereof) but in what is being expressed and...

Don’t Know How

Is there a way to know how to do something without first doing it? Can I know how to play the piano without first playing it? Can I possibly, truly know how to do anything without having done it first? I need practice. I need to learn how to do the thing I desire. I...

Practicing With Pain

If the pain is going to be there either way, why would I choose to feel it? If I feel it, I can actually heal it. If I don’t feel it, I can not know its true state, and I can not start to heal it. Whether I like it or not, feeling my pain fully is necessary for...

Everything We Are

Creative. Intuitive. Wise. Beautiful. And all the other qualities we (sometimes) believe only the special possess. The possession of these gifts, however, is not a special thing. For we each possess them, with varying degrees of visibility. The special thing, the...