It is easier to be scared and doubting then to take charge. It is easier to phrase life in “I thinks…” and “I believes…” and “…but don’t quote me on that”. If you are never sure you never have to be truly wrong. Though if you are never wrong how right can your right be? If you cannot be sure in the statements you make, how are you ever sure of yourself and then how can you ever ever get what you want?
I sat back and made myself think of something I am absolutely certain about. Anything. It’s hard. We always try to keep everything open, in the air, out there…it’s protection from ever being hurt. I am sure that I love sleep. That’s one.
A synonym for sure is confident.
When the unpredictable happens we can lose our confidence. So is being sure in inevitable uncertainty a way to avoid losing that confidence?
I laugh that I feel more confident with “right tracks” which include getting up early in the morning, taking daily vitamins, and reading about current world issues. Yeah man, I’m doing good…I’m exercising, I remember to floss, I have a book of spare stamps ready to mail letters in time and I smiled at 3 strangers while I was out today. Spreading the love and good feeling. Confidence should be without lists and checkmarks, without mental reminders.
I smile the days that without thought I hold my shoulders back, my head high, and laugh from deep in my belly.