Greetings!
If there's anything I would always cherish about myself, that should be my self belief or self trust. This has really helped me to do things that are beyond my capacity and also, it has also helped me to overcome the toughest and darkest moment of my life.
Though before now, I used to self doubt myself as I was feeling incapacitated or inferior to my peers, but an event that shook me took place in my life and that event was the loss of my dear mother who had always been my pillar of support. Though, I was out of my secondary school then, but was not yet strong or matured.
This said experience led to my frustration and self doubt as it looked like the world was over for me. Back then, I thought I would not be able to make it in life again, in fact, I thought that was the end for me.
But, thanks to a friend who has had such an experience before. It's this friend that shared his survival experience with me. Junaid, a very close friend of mine, told me that he lost both his parents at an early stage of his life and that after the loss, people promised heaven on earth, but couldn't fulfill their promises to himself and his siblings. He then said, they were expectant about the people's promises but it was futile.
Junaid my friend further explained to me that, it's after he and his other siblings had waited for years without anyone coming to help them from their suffering that he and his siblings rose from their slumber and started doing something. He said being the first son of the family, he led the charge towards fending for his younger ones and this he did with all his heart. Junaid said, that's the bold step that helped him and his other siblings to overcome the great loss of their parents.
He said, it's the bold step and his self belief that got him and his family members back on track. He said he was so sure that with God on his side and with the strength and ability given to him by God, he would succeed at all cost and like a dream, he was able to face the reality of life and overcome it.
So, having had that lengthy discussions with him, I quickly changed my orientation and perspective about life, I decided not to rely on empty promises of people, but to believe in the little I can do and doing this really helped me to becoming a better me and since I had taken off my mind from people, living a fulfilled life was made easy for me. Though, I had some of those who had promised me fulfilling their promises, but the fulfillment of their promises just came to me as a bonus.
Other beliefs or trust can be broken, but the self belief or trust cannot be broken but only serve as a push to make one actualize his or her dream. Though we all need to believe or trust others too, but while doing that, we must guard our own self belief and trust with everything within and without us.
The self belief is that push or spirit in us that makes us believe we are capable of doing what we are ordinarily not capable of doing. It makes us break limit and expand, it brings out the best in us and lunch us to the better part of the world. Though, I was once lazy and complacent about life, but my self belief has activated the best part of me. Now I can now do what I couldn't do before just because of my self belief which has and cannot be broken.
This writing of a thing is one of those things my self belief have done for me. Before now, I didn't have the capacity to join words together talkless of writing for posting, but now, I now write with ease without any recourse. That's the power of self belief. Though, I'm not yet there, but I belief in myself that I'm getting there gradually. It's just a matter of time.
So, one thing that has really helped me is my self trust or belief, but the help of God has really been the ultimate help I have been enjoying so far.
Thanks for reading.
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