Are you important or confident?
I had had the dream for a while. Saving wasn’t easy, but I had managed to actually put the whole money together and buy my ticket to Europe. I had bought the ticket before getting my passport. The process of getting it was something I despised somehow. I just couldn’t believe I had to fill out all of those forms and actually wait weeks before the passport could be issued. I was resisting it even though it meant my goal would finally meet completion.
I see that today and just can’t believe I got frustrated just to get my passport. The issuing of documentation could flow more easily, but I realized it wasn’t a problem of an objectively complicated process of getting some legal papers. The feeling was one that had accompanied me for ages. If hadn’t had the ticket already I might have just abandoned the whole thing. I sort of believed that anything that requires a process and some waiting is something I shouldn’t have to deal with. I expected things to be easy.
There is plenty of literature in the self-help world and more particularly the new age type that encourages you to feel deserving of great things. We all definitely want more in all areas of our life. I want to address, however, a particular kind of deserving that is more harmful than beneficial. It has to do with a sense of entitlement and/or self-importance. Keep reading...
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Very nice article you wrote. There definitely is a difference between feeling important and feeling confident. You did a good job identifying that.
Yeah filling out the info for your passport can be a very tedious process, I know I was frustrated when I had to fill out all the paperwork, it was endless. Glad to see that you didn't give up on your dream and that you got to go to Europe :)
Thank-you very much! Well...it's not something I'm proud of... I now see it in a different light as I tried to reflect in the complete post... http://allaboutselfconfidence.com/are-you-important-or-confident :)
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Thank you for your post