SIGNS SOMEONE IS TRULY CONFIDENT!!!!!!!!!
• Never needs to put others down to feel tall
• Walks into rooms without announcing themselves
• Disagrees without becoming aggressive
• Admits what they don't know without shame
• Doesn't chase people who pull away
• Makes eye contact without intimidation in mind
• Is comfortable sitting in silence with strangers
• Takes up space without apologizing for existing
• Handles rejection without losing self-worth
• Doesn't dress to impress dresses for themselves
• Supports others without feeling threatened
• Corrects mistakes without making excuses
• Their energy speaks before their mouth does
Confidence is quiet. Insecurity is loud.
You can read all the books. Watch all the documentaries. Listen to all the stories. But nothing, and I mean nothing, will prepare you for certain moments in life until you're standing in them yourself. Marriage. Divorce. Childbirth. Losing someone you love. Parenting. They all look so different when it's your heart on the line. Your choices. Your pain. Your mess. Your miracle.
It's easy to sit on the outside with theories, opinions, and assumptions. It's easy to think you'd handle it better. Until life turns to you and says, "Your turn." And suddenly, you understand. You understand the tears. The silence. The fight to keep going. The strength it takes to show up when everything feels heavy. The courage it takes to start over.
Life has a way of humbling us all. So be slow to judge, quick to offer grace, and always remember, what you don't understand today, you just might face tomorrow. We're all just figuring it out as we go. And that's more than okay.