When Life Takes The Wind Out Of Your Sails

 

So, WHAT do we mean with When Life Takes The Wind Out Of Your Sails?  In our life, that is akin to loosing confidence at any point in time.  And that is pretty normal because a lack of confidence and low self-esteem can affect how people feel about themselves and their abilities.  WHAT is concerning here is that WHEN people get hit with low SELF-ESTEEM and a lack of confidence, it can negatively affect people's relationships, work OR even your own pursuits📗📙📘

Worst of all probabilities, without any helpful intervention, it may also have a negative effect on one's mental and physical health.  For alignment, I guess we need to differentiate confidence and SELF-ESTEEM WHERE the former is that belief someone has in himself and that includes his abilities and even his ideas.  IF a person has that confidence, they generally understand and accept themselves as they are.  On the other hand, a person with high levels of SELF-ESTEEM will feel positive about themselves and recognize their good qualities💜💛💚

In contrast, someone with low SELF-ESTEEM may feel negatively about themselves and may NOT see themselves as worthy of love, feeling good, OR having a successful happy life.  An individual may be confident about a certain ability OR skill they have BUT they have low SELF-ESTEEM if they view themselves negatively.  A recurring question I always here is, HOW can we improve our SELF-ESTEEM so we can avert WHEN LIFE TAKES THE WIND OUT OF OUR SAILS???

Taking a leaf from real-life experiences, let's hear from them:

• Do challenge UNKIND thoughts and replace it with POSITIVE self-talk, like speaking with a loved one
• Do avoid comparing yourself to others and consider avoiding social media as it may lead you to NEGATIVE thoughts
• Keep reminding yourself that it's ok to commit mistakes
• And the biggest magic word here is to PRACTICE SELF-CARE LIKE getting good quality sleep, eating a balanced diet and taking part in healthy activities [and exercises] 

I've heard this several times.  THAT by trying to focus on the POSITIVES, we put yourself in a position to celebrate our successes and take note of one's achievements, including things that have gone well and even compliments and testimonials you may have received along the way😊😊😊

Our takeaway:  Let us NOT draw analogies between human life and the life of non-humans like car batteries.  While for the former, as long as the car battery is full charged, it can keep going UNLESS there is an electrical malfunction, in our lives, our SELF-ESTEEM and SELF-CONFIDENCE takes the driver's seat as we go chug-chug-chug like that locomotive train of our life.  WHEN LIFE TAKES THE WIND OUT OF YOUR SAILS, that DOESN'T happen overnight dude❗❗❗