Today's Pearl of Wisdom:

"Walk with your heart and head held high, for the body can loan you confidence until you are ready to take possession of it."

Order is overrated, at least how we understand it. Just what would it be like if you looked confident before you actually felt that way? I mean, who says you have to be confident to show confidence? Too abstract? Lets back up. It's my belief that your psyche is taking notes about what you say and do all the time, as if taking direction from you. It doesn't take more than a couple of "I'm stupid"'s for your psyche to internalize this message. (So you can imagine how I feel about the show, "The Biggest Loser".) It won't ever argue with you. It will take you at your word and begin to build a case against your ability to succeed or be happy. One day you are met with the opportunity of a lifetime and any voice of encouragement or self-confidence has been taken over by the voice of doom; the one you have been giving lessons to for years. It's too late then to sell your good points. It won't believe you anymore as you've given too much support to the contrary. My argument is that although it would seem that a degree of confidence is required to "wear" it, wearing it can be the thing that teaches you about it, makes you like the way it feels enough to want more of it and work for it. A taste is all the psyche needs to create an appetite for it and ultimately, dare I say, take posession of it. If it seems too daunting initially, think of it as acting. Step outside yourself if thats what it takes to enlist the confident facade, then come back when it's time to reap the rewards. To borrow an old adage, fake it 'til you make it.