Insecurity-how to overcome it?

Drosselmeier
Tue, 24 Apr 2007 14:14:31 +0000

What is your advice as parents that have dealt with stress in your children’s lives?

A thing that has worked with all of my kids is this idea:

If you are so afraid of failure that you do not push your gifts to the max, then you have obviously failed to use the gifts God gave you.

If you push your gifts to the max and yet fail to reach some goal, well what more could you have done? Its not like you can actually do better than giving it your all.

If you give it your all and it works out, then you’ve just experienced the success that will from time-to-time come to those who give it their all, and that very rarely if ever comes to those who are too afraid or lazy to try.

So, what is the real goal that matters here? It is just giving it your all, and not worrying about the outcome. Just pour it on so that when you go to sleep, you know you could not have done much else. If it works out, great, celebrate. But if it doesn’t, you still never let yourself down. (You wanna be able to look back and say, “My goodness! I really turned it on, didn’t I?” Even if it doesn’t work out, you want to be able to say this with pride).

In all things, just get up, and pour it on! I am talking about creating a total whirlwind of effort and passion. Puke it if you have to, just don’t hold back. We’ll check out how the chips land after the storm you create subsides.