Confidence shines when you enjoy who you are.

Confidence Shines When You Enjoy Who You Are. (Part 2)

Why is it that we have confidence and are able to manage well on some days?  Other times we feel jilted by who we are?  Where self-assurance once was, scepticism has now taken its place.  How do other people keep a steady flow of confidence?  Why does it appear that yours comes and goes?

Blame it all on those feelings.

Think about how many different emotions you feel in one day.  Our moods change depending on the person we’re communicating with and situation we’re in.

The secret is not to react to your emotions.  Think of yourself as one of the sky gods.  While you’re in discussions you’re also watching all the action from high above.

The sky god does not react to the emotions only observes and feels them.

Other contributing factors.

As if those pesky emotions aren’t enough.  Add to the mix other extenuating circumstances.

Your eight hours of sleep.  Being well rested certainly helps everyone through their day.  Think about when you don’t get enough shut eye.

Parents will confirm how hard their days are when bubs kept them up all night.  Tolerance levels go down.  Stressful situations are not managed nearly as well as they would have been had the right amount of sleep been had.

Being hungry reduces concentration levels.  Irritability and impatience are telling signs.  Becoming physically weak without food can slow down our thought processors.  Fueling up balances our mood.

The immediate attitude shift.

Have you ever felt a little fragile?  Maybe indecisive or a little edgy.  Then someone pisses you off.  There’s an instant mood change.  Uncertainty no longer lingers in the mind.  You’re clear about what you stand for and where you’re at.

These days you go from second guessing yourself to immediate decision maker.  This is a reminder that confidence was not far.  It was just kicking back and did not need to be in command.

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Vipassana Meditation – There Is No Escaping Yourself.

Vipassana Meditation - There Is No Escaping Yourself.I didn’t know what I was searching for.  Full of life, with no direction.  Trying one experience after another.  To land smack bang in the middle of a 10 day retreat called Vipassana Meditation.

Before embarking on this adventure, I read all the instructions of the course.  One would have thought I had some idea of what I was installed for.  Little was I to know how much of an impact this would have on me long into the future.

Would you believe it, if I said I had found the biggest rush of a life time?  The Vipassana Meditation course would suit both the dare devil and the book worm?

We all know the adventurous type who jumps from a plane, scales walls, takes a leap of faith with a rope wrapped around their ankles and then jumps.  They do whatever it takes to get their adrenaline running through their veins.  Some of the risks are life threatening.  One wrong calculation and death could be at their door step.

Then there are those who love to get lost in a good book.  Enjoying page after page of romance, horror, thrillers or whatever takes their mind on a ride.  Reading about life’s adventures through the eyes of a writer.

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