Comments on: Questions of Confidence http://danielfarrell.com/blog/archives/2008/09/21/questions-of-confidence/ Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:23:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: dad http://danielfarrell.com/blog/archives/2008/09/21/questions-of-confidence/comment-page-1/#comment-18379 dad Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:56:25 +0000 http://danielfarrell.com/blog/?p=763#comment-18379 Wow, this touched some deep thoughts from my life experiences. As you well know, I hardly ever struggled with a lack of self confidence while you were growing up. If I had such thoughts, they were generally kept to myself while I worked through them by brute force and ignorance. It was ten years ago that all that changed when we found out about Jack's brain tumor and then I lost my corporate job. I realized that my self confidence was a deception... an illusion... misleading... My confidence is now in the grace and mercy of God. He is the one who is really in control. His ways are not our ways but He can be trusted because he is faithful, even when we struggle with the experiences of life. Wow, this touched some deep thoughts from my life experiences. As you well know, I hardly ever struggled with a lack of self confidence while you were growing up. If I had such thoughts, they were generally kept to myself while I worked through them by brute force and ignorance. It was ten years ago that all that changed when we found out about Jack’s brain tumor and then I lost my corporate job. I realized that my self confidence was a deception… an illusion… misleading… My confidence is now in the grace and mercy of God. He is the one who is really in control. His ways are not our ways but He can be trusted because he is faithful, even when we struggle with the experiences of life.

]]> By: john m http://danielfarrell.com/blog/archives/2008/09/21/questions-of-confidence/comment-page-1/#comment-18378 john m Mon, 22 Sep 2008 10:24:45 +0000 http://danielfarrell.com/blog/?p=763#comment-18378 I can only speak of my own experience, but I hit something like that 6 or 7 years ago. I doubted the direction of my life at that point, but had no idea where I wanted to be, what I wanted to be doing, or what was even so unfulfilling about what I already had. This took a few years to sort out, but it ended up being such that now that I am actively engaged in something obviously progressive on a daily basis. I am able to give a lot every day, and I see that it helps at least a little every day. I can only speak of my own experience, but I hit something like that 6 or 7 years ago. I doubted the direction of my life at that point, but had no idea where I wanted to be, what I wanted to be doing, or what was even so unfulfilling about what I already had.

This took a few years to sort out, but it ended up being such that now that I am actively engaged in something obviously progressive on a daily basis. I am able to give a lot every day, and I see that it helps at least a little every day.

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