What Adoption, Trauma, and Faith Teach Us About God’s Unfailing Love Through both her work and her family life, Sally has walked closely with children who struggle to trust; children whose early experiences have taught them that love can be dangerous and connection unsafe. In this reflection, she draws from those moments to explore how […]
Not everyone is confident and not everyone who seems confident actually is. In the world of sport, each athlete began with a measure of confidence but needed to overcome many failed attempts. The most talented violinist began making the sounds of a yowling cat before reaching the confidence of a virtuoso concert performer! Generally, confidence has a direct relationship with experience.
Do you ever feel that life is a little bit like the game of cat and mouse? What can you get away with? Who’s looking? You’ve done ‘it’ before and no one seemed to notice? Although this model cat is blindfolded, who’s to say that it isn’t peeping?! To the mouse, this is vital as it could be the difference between life and death. Confidence must not be misplaced or be based on a false premise for in such cases, life will fall apart. If the given statistic that 85% of people lack confidence is true, then what are the reasons for that and how can it be addressed? Are you genuinely confident behind the shop window shown to others?
