(July 8, 2014 at 8:49 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: Having hope in succeeding and believing in your capabilities is not easy for everyone. It is probably a necessary requirement to reaching one's goals in life.
One thing that helps me a lot is believing we are here for a purpose and I believe God has faith in us or he wouldn't have created us in the first place. The purpose is such that it's universal, so I believe we all can live meaningful lives.
I am wondering what do you guys find helps with belief in oneself and hope in good outcomes and success?
Believing in yourself is overrated. Having a good result counts more as long as the means are appropriate. I've always had low expectations on everything, I guess that's why I'm happy, in highschool I used to score 90/100 in some tests and when the teacher asked my reaction I replied 'I was expecting a 60/100 at best, anything higher is a bonus'. I don't know what this is called.. Maybe pessimism?
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you
