internal confidence - by Nicole - startingfromnix
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A friend asked me once, who do you idolize and why?
by Lucy Roleffe A friend asked me once, who do you idolize and why? I told them I have no idols I would like to be, but there are specific traits I admire from people. Namely: elegance, gentleness, drive, focus, unselfconsciousness, charisma. But most of all: internal confidence. You can tell when someone is quietly confident. When they have a concise sense of their own identity — they don’t need to overcompensate or speak loudly about their successes or wealth or intensity. I know who I am. I know what I need. I know what I want. That internal tranquility is so sacred, so rare. There are…
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