Wisdom to navigate through life's challenges
If you google search ‘self-confidence’ you’ll get multiple variations on a theme. Essentially it is an attitude or belief about yourself which enables you to trust in your abilities, knowledge, judgement, and decision making to exert quality control over your own life. It’s about understanding your strengths and having awareness of the things that aren’t in your strengths zone.
Last week, I was an unintentional observer of a poignant scene within the hospital ward. An elderly woman, who was a patient on the ward, was reduced to tears and experienced a mini tantrum due to sheer frustration. The situation attracted my attention as it was evident from her persona and the language she used, that the elderly woman was a well-educated intellect, consequently the public emotional turmoil she was experiencing appeared out of character.
