If you hear a voice within you say “you cannot paint,” then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced. –Vincent Van Gogh
Thoughts have the power to change behavior and the reverse is truth that our behaviors have the power to change our thoughts. Therefore, we don’t have to allow our thoughts to control us or keep us from fulfilling a task. Self-defeating thoughts only keep us from our dreams but if we do things in spite of our thoughts and feelings, we can quickly have self-proof that things are possible to do. Taking new steps can sometimes feel like a threat because we don’t know where it’s going to lead us. But if we just take small steps to get use to our discomforts, then self-confidence is inevitable.