About two weeks ago, I landed on Confidence in the game of Gyan Chaupar — and I found myself stuck. How could I explain what confidence really is, and what this quality truly means? After looking it up, I realised it was something I’d known all along: confidence is trust in myself. How wonderfully ironic.
Confidence isn’t a shield, and it’s not a performance. It is the quiet light at the centre of your being. It is a remembering of who you are, and the willingness to be that, simply and fully.
True confidence comes from a deep knowing that you are part of the universal rhythm, not separate from it. It’s the river trusting its own flow, the tree trusting its roots beneath the soil.
You cannot gain confidence through praise, nor lose it through criticism. It’s not something you wear. It is the raw truth of you, standing before life, just as you are.
When you walk your own path. Not the one shaped by others, or built on fear and “shoulds” — confidence grows naturally. It’s not forced. It’s nourished through listening inwardly, taking aligned action, and honouring the quiet voice of your soul.
To nourish confidence is to trust the unseen thread guiding you. It is to breathe deeply when fear arises. To move forward anyway, knowing that you don’t need certainty to be authentic.
Some days confidence feels strong and full; other days, it’s as distant as a star. Both are part of the rhythm. Both are part of becoming.
In today’s world, confidence is often mistaken for volume - for bold speech, sharp posture, and the desire to be seen. It’s paraded like armour, polished to impress. But true confidence is quieter, deeper - often invisible to the hurried eye. It doesn’t try to persuade or overpower. It simply is, like a mountain, unmoved by the winds around it.
In a society that celebrates appearances, true confidence can feel like a hidden garden - alive, sacred, and quietly flourishing away from the noise.
It’s not about taking up space. It’s about fully inhabiting your space.
It’s not the absence of fear, but the choice to follow your inner compass, even when the way is unclear.
Confidence doesn’t ask for perfection - only that you are true - to the whisper within and to the life that chose you to live it.
And when you remember this, even for a moment, you are not apart from the stars. You are among them.
Mantra:
“Inhale confidence, exhale doubt.” — Alex Toussaint
As usual, below are our 4 thoughts and 2 questions about Confidence.
4 thoughts on Confidence
From Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
From Vince Lombardi
Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.
From Marcus Tullius Cicero
If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started.
From Vineeta
When you are confident, things feel easier — not because they change, but because you do.
2 questions about Confidence:
If my confidence were a sacred flame, how would I tend to it daily?
When you felt confident, what would you do more of?
Much love
Vineeta
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