Making Good Use of A Great Opportunity, Set Aside Your Insecurities

What a timely message from God!  I just came back from a learning session with two of the best photographers in our camera club and I'm feeling very grateful and inspired! The message given below is somehow a preview of the cycle of things. For now, I'm the one being inspired by others. But hopefully, in the future, I can also inspire others with my skills and talent. It is definitely a goal of mine to achieve such in my lifetime.

Message from God

Daily messages to connect you with God

Today, Tina, God wants you to know that greatness is your birthright.

Who are you to shine brighter than others? Who are you to take a step forward when others are shrinking back? Who are you to make others feel insecure with your greatness? You are a child of God. Take a step forward, shine bright, and inspire others with your light to their own greatness.

It took courage for me to ask for help. As I prepare to do my submissions for the 2nd photography contest, I find myself overwhelmed. I've been choosing photos for the last few weeks, and I'm having a hard time. I find them so mediocre and I feel hopeless and just want to throw away these photos. But today after the session, I became aware of the possibilities of transforming my mediocre photos into something very much interesting. It is not hopeless after all. I've seen amazing photos from these two photographers and from many others too and I'm genuinely curious as to how they were able to shoot them that way. And why am I not able to come up with photos like that.

I never had the courage to ask for help as it makes me feel stupid and ashamed. Asking for help makes me feel weak which is really a misconception or a reflection of how lowly I view myself. And I always feel awkward imposing on someone else. But hey, I am given another opportunity to learn (many in fact), and I better not waste them again.

Tired of Dealing with my Self-Confidence Issues

There are always these thoughts in my mind that I get so excited with a plan. In this instance, it's a plan to improve my photography and achieve my dream of being able to get recognition. In my mind, things seem so easy and maybe, just maybe I will be able to achieve this dream.

But then again, I have these feelings at certain times that I may just get my hopes up, and then just as situations in my life end up in disappointment.

Just like my love life. Several times, I get excited, I humble myself and surrender to God. I start to feel good about my dream, then days past and it's just gone. That dream just seem to fizzle out, I really don't know why!

And like my small business, I get excited, I work out a business plan, but then again, I only earn a bit despite my own thinking that I've been successful. But in reality, it's such a small win in the eyes of others. Is it just because I look down on my own success? Or I let other people's standards turn off my fire to easily.

I'm feeling like that again, after a month or so of this project. I hate to be disappointed again. Because honestly, I'm so tired that all my dreams just seem to fizzle out so easily. Am I not working hard enough? Am I so privileged that I feel I can be successful in this world too like others? Don't I deserve this?