- Confidence truly is just self-love! -

“People always, 

always talk about confidence, 

it’s supposed to be such an attractive thing. 

I wonder why though, 

why is it supposed to be such an attractive thing? 

When confidence hides so many other things 

that are so much more beautiful! 

When you think of being confident, 

you think of tucking away all those other things 

that you consider to be nuisances; 

but those nuisances make up whom you are! 

And those nuisances are beautiful. 

They are beautiful and they are you 

and they’re always going to be there, 

even when you try to cover them up! 

So what happens when they all come out one day? 

Are you going to feel like less of a person? 

Are the people who are supposed to love you, 

going to see you as less of a person? 

I say that it’s not about going out into the world 

and putting on a certain face— 

it’s just about going out into the world. 

I’ve gone out into the world! 

And I don’t put on that face! 

Or any other face, as a matter of fact! 

I don’t want to hide the way I play with my hair 

to feel more secure 

or the way I laugh at all the wrong times. 

I don’t want to hide those things 

because those things are a part of me. 

And I can still go out into the world— 

and all alone, too! 

I know so, because I’ve actually done it! 

So more important than confidence— 

is serenity and acceptance. 

The serenity comes from having a deep acceptance

 of all those little things about you

 that add up like the trillions of molecules

 and atoms you are made up of! 

And that’s just beautiful. 

Being beautiful is something rooted and strong; 

being confident is just a matter of putting on 

something that isn’t even a real part of you. 

Falling in love with the molecules 

that make up your essence 

is so much more attractive. 

And maybe that’s what confidence really means— 

the acceptance and belief

 in every single atom that you are.” 

― C. JoyBell C.