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FAITH UNIFIES CONFIDENCE AND TRUST
Are you self-confident? Are you trusting? How do you define faith?
During this time of year, many of us are reflecting on our faith. You may be celebrating Easter, Passover or the March Equinox. This month's lifeskill focuses on FAITH as it relates to self-assuredness in one's personal judgment, ability and power.
May your day be filled with love, laughter, harmony, happiness, surprises and growth.
~Jody L Friesen Grande PhD LICSW BCD
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What is Self-Confidence?
There are two main contributing factors to self confidence: self-efficacy and self-esteem.
We gain a sense of self-efficacy when we see ourselves mastering skills and achieving goals that matter to us. This overlaps with the idea of self-esteem, which is a general sense that we can cope with what is going on in our lives, and that we have a right to be happy.
Building self-confidence begins with setting and achieving goals, combined with affirming statements, positive thinking and visualization. Here are some suggestions to consider:
- Doing what you believe to be right.
- Admitting your mistakes, and learning from them.
- Accepting compliments graciously.
- Believe in yourself and your abilities.
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Steps to Building Trust
- Do what you say and never lie.
- Keep secrets ~ no gossiping or talking about others.
- Speak your feelings.
- Tell the truth and honor your promises.
- Show openness and take a non judgmental stance.
- Show consistency in your behavior.
- Be competent ~ gain respect and admiration of others.
- Demonstrate a strong moral ethic.
- Be neutral when placed in difficult predicaments.
- Aim to be objective and show fairness.
- Do not display double standards.
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Faith
Faith is important in our lives, it is about feeling confident about who we are and trusting the process ... the substance of things we hope for, the evidence of things not seen.
"On a sunny Monday morning, I chew on such thoughts. But on this same morning; did I know the sun would rise? Not by my own proof. Yet I knew it by a lifetime of previous dawns ~ and by the sound of birds chirping while it is yet dark, and by the leaf buds at the back of their bloom, and by the hint of brightness cresting on the eastern horizon ~ that the sun would rise. By such evidence, I had faith". ~Patricia Raybon
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Faith must be nurtured, cultivated, grown, and developed:
- Hearing is the first step. We all need knowledge and understanding and this comes through conscious awareness of what we are given each moment of the day.
- Believe! What you decide to believe sets the stage for what you will say and actions you will take.
- Speak your mind it connects your mind and heart and draws from your beliefs and values.
- Act ~ Faith without action is not living an authentic life.Through the daily hearing and believing, our words and actions will be more accurate.
"If we have faith ~ even as small as a mustard seed ~ we could tell a mountain to move, from here to there, and it would move, if we move". ~Patricia Raybon
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