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“ The Paradoxical Commandments -

People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.
Love them anyway.

If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
Do good anyway.

If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies.
Succeed anyway.

The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.

Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
Be honest and frank anyway.

The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds.
Think big anyway.

People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs.
Fight for a few underdogs anyway.

What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway.

People really need help but may attack you if you do help them.
Help people anyway.

Give the world the best you have and you’ll get kicked in the teeth.
Give the world the best you have anyway.”

― Kent M. Keith, The Silent Revolution: Dynamic Leadership in the Student Council

I have always been exactly what I need to be in order to succeed. Sure, there were skills to learn along the way, but who I am has always been more than enough to reach my goals.

If this sounds yucky to you, then you have listened to the wrong voices for too long & I imagine you suffer from an immense amount of self-doubt. Because YOU have also always been exactly what you need to be & who you are is more than enough 🩷

Believing in yourself is NOT narcissistic. Running other people down in favor of boosting a fragile ego is. And planting seeds of self-doubt in others is just plain ugly.

Stop listening to those who tell you to doubt... especially if they want you to doubt yourself. Because not only are you more than enough, you're worthy of feeling it too!