Learning to Trust Again...

[crackerjackbox]

I need to learn to trust myself more. I spend far too much of my time doubting my abilities - as a writer, a friend, a person...the list goes on and on. I suppose it's good to have a touch of self-doubt - it keeps you honest, keeps you from getting too big a head - but equally important is the ability to stay out of your own way - to allow

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[gwystal]

*hugs* yay malia!! go, go!! you are an amazing writer, which is why they chose you! and you can do this...*love love*

[sm_nopants]

I've found "fuck it" to be the most useful phrase for pushing me forward when I get trapped inside my own head.

[travellinjp]

I felt the same way (briefly inferior) when I started my theatre work in London. You just have to push forward and get adjusted to the new demands of the work, and then before you know it, you will be rising to a new level of knowledge and comprehension.

It´s good to see you posting again. I hope to hear more about how the Hong Kong experience is going when you have the time to share.

[ghaziya]

Everyone asks themselves why they deserve to be where they are from time to time. Even though I've embedded myself in the part of the dance community I'm in - I often feel I know nothing.

I think it was Aristotle who said something along the lines of - he who knows he doesn't know anything is the wisest one of all.

It's very elemental and true.

The Wall Street Journal would not put you on a beat in Hong Kong if you didn't have that questioning and compassionate voice that I so well remember in your writing. Keep doing what you do best. You'll blow them away.

[crackerjackbox]

:-) :-) :-)

gosh.

*blushes*