The ramblings and ingenious philosophizings of a Victorian Otter

Don't underestimate yourself. Just about everything and everyone in the world will line up to do it for you so don't do their job for them. It really is that simple. Insecure and sad people buy things. Either to help them cope, or to help them become who they think they should be, or who they think everyone wants them to be. They sell you drugs to make your feel better, they sell you diets to make you into something either healthier, or more normal, or whatever . . ., they sell you candy and chocolate to make you drown your sorrows. Unhappy people buy things . . . everything in television and news is made to make you feel like you're not rich enough, or pretty enough or any enough. So stop buying into it. Everything about you is alright.

Love yourself or else no one will love you. Confidence really wins. Confidence gives you strength to do things, to be yourself, to change your world. To change the world!

So take a moment for yourself today and every day, look in the mirror and be kind to yourself. Don't think you're not enough. Don't think you can't . . . BELIEVE that you can.

Fake it 'til you make it.
Confident people succeed, people who only think they might . . . well, their chances are 50/50.

If you can't envision yourself succeeding, then you won't. So before you start your next drawing, before you start writing a book, before you take your next school exam, before you ask the girl/boy out . . . see yourself succeeding, and even if you don't, gain the confidence to keep going.

If you don't believe in yourself no one will believe in you.

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~Just some advice from your friendly neighborhood Uncle Otty