If we start to doubt ourselves, we shed our skins to become what others think is best. Someone we are not. Trying to live in the "box" that others feel we should be and that, is wrong.
When we come into this big world, family and friends will dictate to you what they think you should be. Starting from religion to what you wear, how you view others and where you might go. Sometimes, what others feel is best for you can actually suffocate you.
The key is to grow up trying to shed the skin of others and learning to be comfortable in your own. Develop your own thoughts, key values and beliefs. Even if it upsets the ones you are surrounded by. If they love you enough, they will support your choice.
Don't forget that those values and beliefs, if you have a single doubt then perhaps they aren't the ones best for you. Re-evaluate them and try another. Keep on trying. Don't stop learning about who YOU are. Then, when you are finally at the point that you feel good, hold fast to yourself and walk forward, confidently onto the next task, the bigger challenge. Don't ever stop learning or growing.
God knows, I won't stop and that makes me happiest.
On a last note, if my youngest can teach me this then I know I'll never stop learning. How someone wanted to find success and sought out a guru who had it. They wanted to know what the key to this was. The guru told him in the end, success is something you want more than life itself, you have to fight for it like you fight to breathe.
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