Is it a necessity, or simply a condiment, or even a mechanism by which to justify false belief.

This thought was invoked by an online podcast of Dr. Robert H. Schuller’s Sermon, discussing the close relationship between confidence and creativity.

Confidence.. It is something which, throughout my entire life, I was said to be lacking. Through intermediate school through the high school years, confidence was something I never quite came to grips with.

Confidence is a product of satisfaction, of having reached a pre-scheduled destination succssfully. Indeed, should ones expectations of oneself be set very high, then it inevitable results in failure in life.

Let me reinforce this point. Human beings, at the very core, are weak beings. We are prone to emotional and physical damage, and such damage affects our lifes so immensely that it often results in us resorting to inflicting damage to others, or of their possessions, or to the ones we love and even ourselves. As such, should our expectations of what we will achieve be set in such a way that we can never quite reach that point of satisfaction, we never are; And being unconfident means that we are discouraged from attempting further challenges and tasks in life.

It is much like the way in which Brigham Young led 7000 of his fellow mormons to Utah, travelling thousands of kilometres on foot. Rather than setting an absurd goal of reaching the destination without a systematic approach, he set a realistic, intricate plan that enabled the successful immigration of his population- by means of what has been called as ‘the leap from approach.’- Travelling in small groups, with the previous group erecting various ‘posts’ during the journey, and filling them up with supplies of food , clothes, and water for the next.

 Perhaps we should take a look at life this way.

A Confident soul is seldom short of enthusiasm and optimism, which invokes creativity within us.