Confidence or Ego? (Originally posted on Facebook Jan 5, 2013)

I think it's a shame that it seems that we have taken the idea of being humble to an extreme. In talking with various different people they seem to understand that if you honestly believe you are smart, beautiful, kind, etc. and you humbly express it that it means you are being egotistic or stuck-up. There is a distinct difference between being confident in who you are, acknowledging the positive traits you have and being cocky and arrogant. When you can find the difference between these two things, the world will no longer influence the way you think about yourself. Instead, you will influence the world by the way you really are.