I used to read quotes on a regular basis. I signed up for something on the internet, I have no recollection of what it was exactly, but I started receiving an email with the “Quote of the Day.” I liked them and read them regularly. I stopped receiving them for a little over a year and today I got one! Anxious to see what it said I opened it, and behold:
Great quote, right? But do you see the problem with this little nugget of hope other than the terrible image they laid it over? How do you actually combat feelings of jealousy? You cannot just stop being something, jealous in this particular case, if you are not practicing to be the antithesis of it. Today I read this quote and I didn’t just agree with it. I studied it with the hope of finding something applicable from it, and concluded.
Today, lets practice confidence. Put time into thinking about your strengths, and building them. Be aware of your weaknesses but don’t put so much value on them. It’s not our weaknesses that improve the world around us, it’s our strengths.