Why can’t I be Confident without Affirmation?

So today on the blog we want to try and answer a tough question on why we cannot be truly confident if we are not affirmed. 

If we break down the word ‘confident’, it is really a description of a person who understands that they TRULY have a place/ person to confide in. 

Little kids who are very confident are the ones who are fully secure that their parents will come get them if anything goes wrong. This gives them security to explore as recklessly as they want.

So confidence comes not out of aggression or strength but from acknowledging weakness and having trust that those weaknesses are catered for.

Very few people ever get to being fully sure of this and even those who may know that their family and friends have their back are constantly being met with situations that challenge this truth. So even the most confident people must take time to reinforce the truth of their reality over themselves or risk being overrun by discouragement from life's challenges.

So no you can’t be confident without affirmation because an affirmed person understands the true root of their confidence which has nothing to do with the external trinkets that people but everything to do with the people and beliefs they have chosen to place their trust in.