Friday, May 29, 2009
One or the other? Or Shades of Gray?
I've been wondering: how often is it that confident people are not just confident, but are arrogant and cocky and are uplifted by looking down on other people? Are there a lot of people who seem to lack confidence, but are judgmental and look down on everyone, including themselves? How often is it that confident-appearing people are not confident, but have decided to act that way anyway? And when someone is not confident in a given situation, is it because the person senses that people are looking down on him and judging him negatively? In an ideal world, people are confident because they believe in themselves and are happy about themselves, and are understanding and accepting of everyone. That is happiness.
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someone once said that they thought I was not confident. and I thought he was smarter than that. of course, it really didn't matter what he thought, so I did not respond. some people mistake shyness for lack of confidence, or a lack of arrogance for being unconfident, or perhaps they mistake just plain old contentness for lack of confidence. or perhaps, they should just keep their thoughts on the matter to themselves...that would be best.
Really ... ? ... that happened to me to. People ought to do less judging and more loving.
Yes. Really. I think when people feel the need to point out what they think are the faults or weaknesses of others...they need to do some serious self reflection.
Hope you don't ever hear that from someone again.
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