Doubts can be toxic. Everyone has doubts, yet very often I find myself in the position of feeling like being the only person doubting my actions, my beliefs, my goals. I think this is the tricky part about doubts. They make you doubt yourself, your decisions, and hereby weaken your ability to see what’s really important. To me, it is important to stand up for what I believe in, to at least try and make my dreams come true, to live my life in a way that is not onl y satisfactory but my desired way of living.
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hen I find myself at a low, doubting pretty much everything from what I’m doing to how I interact with others, to how I do (or far more often do NOT) speak out loud what I think and feel, to the way I look, behave and appear in front of others, I retreat back into my shell. I go quiet, I spend time on my own, I dive into my favorite music, I let my soul go into these dark places when it needs to. And then at some point I turn to my sources of inspiration and they never fail to make me feel better, simply by telling me that, they too, have doubts. So, even the most achieved artists and the most successful innovative business owners have experienced failure, may even have doubted their ideas to the point of giving up. BUT they did not give up and in the end their effort and, maybe more importantly, their belief in themselves, paid off.
I guess doubts are natural in humans, some people may be more affected by their inner demons than others, but all of us can fight them and overcome them in our own ways.
Stay strong. Believe in yourself. Be kind to others and BE KIND to YOURSELF.
You are unique and valuable and loved.