Confidence
Posted by Kirsty on Nov. 26, 2005 @ 8:52 PM
Sometimes people have more confidence in me than I have in myself.
Example.....
On a Wednesday night I was working in the nursery at our church.
I had seven children and I was all alone. Two ladies walked in (Pam and Jesse) and we had this conversation:
Pam: Hi Kirsty!
Me: Hi!
Pam: How is it going? I can send someone in here to help you if you want me to.
Jesse: Oh, she's fine, she has two younger brothers and two younger sisters; she's used to it.
Pam: Okay
And then they leave.
I was speechless.
I was far from fine, I was in way over my head!
At one point a little boy (Zane) decided he wanted to be a dinosaur and threw a bunch of goldfish on the floor and started stomping on them! He said they were little
people and he was crushing them.
Needless to say, I ended up vacuuming after service.
Jesse seemed to have a lot more confidence in me than I had in myself.
I think I need to have a lot more confidence in me too.
This is something my friend wrote on her blog:
Why can't I be content with silence?
Why does it make me so uncomfortable?
What is my deal?!
What's wrong with me?!
Do you find yourself asking questions like this?
Maybe you should stop and think, have some CONFIDENCE in yourself.
Kirsty
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spunkyjunior left this comment on Dec. 1, 2005 at 8:16 AM
I wish I had a lot more confidence in myself as well and yes, I do find myself asking those same questions. Great post :)Untitled Comment
MsByn left this comment on Dec. 3, 2005 at 12:53 PM
Well, there is a difference between having confidence, and being in over your head. You know yourself well enough to know whether you can handle a situation, and just because you can't handle every situation, doesn't mean you aren't at all confident.Maybe you lack the confidence to ask for help ~ I know I am really bad at that myself, even when I'm beginning to feel really overwhelmed, I don't want to bother anyone else either.
I think 7 little kids (esp all from different families) is WAY too much for any ONE person to handle on their own ~ at least without offers of help.
:-)
Cat left this comment on Dec. 15, 2005 at 5:49 AM
That is very encouraging, Kirsty.Cat
Hey!
Cat left this comment on Dec. 15, 2005 at 5:54 AM
It's been a long time since you have posted--when are you going to post again!Long time, no see. I hope you are doing well.
Cat
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spunkyjunior left this comment on Dec. 24, 2005 at 6:07 AM
Merry Christmas Kirsty!I miss your posts very much :)
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MissSprite left this comment on Dec. 25, 2005 at 10:38 AM
Merry Christmas Kirsty!Untitled Comment
MissSprite left this comment on Dec. 30, 2005 at 1:22 PM
Been busy with blogging I see! :o)How are you? Did you have a very Merry Christmas?
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spunkyjunior left this comment on Dec. 31, 2005 at 2:52 PM
Happy New Year Kirsty! Hopefully you'll be blogging more in the future...I miss your wonderful posts :)