It is nice to see yourself for who you are if these are good qualities. If they are bad, we can either ignore them or think they are good. We usually will not recognize something may be bad until we take a closer look at it. On the surface everything could look ok, but then when we look, we see the cracks or the issues that are hurting us. Do we put ourselves on a pedestal and if we do not reach it who do we blame? What if something important comes up but you do not answer because you fear the opportunity? The world around us can push our buttons, drive us mad, and we do not understand why. The test is always in how we react because if we go in blazing mad, we could come out blazing empty. What do we do if the accountability falls on someone else, but you end up feeling blamed for it? You have the choice to fight the person to make it right, you could try to convince them to make it right, use manipulation or extortion to try to get what you want. This is all dirty business and all risky at any given time. We can think that intimidation is a power move, but is it? We can intimidate others without even realizing it. I have been known to be an intense person at times, so when people see it, they can feel taken back. The intensity brings out the ability to succeed, but it can be a weakness if not used properly. All of us have things like this and gone through challenges that tested even the things we love the most. The ability to give up is quite easy one and takes little effort. It is a great move to pull, because of this. We may not know why we are here or what we need to know, but we can figure it out along the way. I feel like I have pieces of a puzzle. Never having the full puzzle but having a small part and trying to understand it. Once I have understood one small part I move on to the next. It feels like this just keeps going on. I am always from the standpoint of let your strength do your talking for you and not the opposite. Life can hammer home the problems you are going through and it can bring the paradise you have been asking for. You can have a fresh start and just rewind things to what you want. You can challenge and complain about it all and wonder what you could have done. You could start to understand that what you are going through is real and we can take off the blinders. We can accept what we can or cannot do and the same with others in our lives. We can accept them for who they are, but we can never change them. Turning fear into confidence can be as easy as 1,2,3.