Confidence vs Certainty

Whenever i want to get something accomplished i build up that inner confidence in me that this task can and will be accomplished.

I am positive, work towards it and do everything in my power to make it happen.

However throughout the course of this task, we get sidetracked, distracted, frustrated, alone, and that once simple task has now become daunting.

This is where confidence begins to wane. This is where we think to ourselves that it would have been better if we went with something simple and straightforward.

We beat ourselves up for wasting all this time and energy into nothing concrete and this has an effect on our self esteem which will in turn affect the rest of our endeavors, as we will feel we cannot accomplish anything of value and significance.

This is where confidence is a mind game. It pours out of you when things are going well, when everything clicks and falls into place.

However  when we hit the proverbial bump, we realize that our confidence in nothing more that mental masturbation – a set of lies, overtly repeated to give ourselves an incentive to begin a task.

With this insight, i began to overlook confidence. I replaced it with certainty.

Now before i endeavor on anything of value, either personal, professional or physical – i make sure i am certain i will achieve the desired result, regardless of what life might throw at me along the way.

This certainty acts like the light at the far end of a deep abyss – you can always see it, no matter what gets in the way.

Certainty engraves  an innate ability within you to foresee anything as attainable – whereas confidence is just pumping yourself up for the task at hand.

Certainty ensures that you reach your goal, regardless of time, effort and the toll it takes in your life, confidence will waver if the pressure is too high.

Certainty is innate within all of us, it dwells waiting to be released – we just have to tap into it, with the belief we are capable of anything. When you see the end result, you don’t need confidence – just a strong willed desire to get there. That’s certainty.