Some years back I was trying to believe in myself and succeed in an area that I thought that I could do well.
Two people close to me would often tell me of their ability to write, and I would encourage them, but both would jump at the chance to tell me that I was no good at writing and that I would never succeed.
I got into the habit of arguing with them about what I was doing. They had both been educated in writing and I hadn’t, they both saw themselves as far more able than I. And they let me know about their abilities (real or imagined) whenever they could.
The arguing with them was a complete waste of time, but I felt that I needed to justify myself to them and proof that I was good too. I thought that both of them were important to me and I wanted them to believe in me. (in fact neither one has anything to do with me now and neither of them believes in me at all). So I argued, but because there was two of them, and they were educated they would often deflate my efforts and have me doubting myself and my abilities.
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An interesting point today, 13 years later, is that both of them don’t write and I do.
Once I broke away from them and their arguments, life became so much better.
Please don’t let others tell you that you can’t do something, just go do it because you want to go do it, it is your dream,not theirs. Do it like I did.
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All the best from
James M Sandbrook.
Wednesday, 6 July 2016, 2:52:37 PM.