944 self-doubt

self-doubt doubting the self By Henry H. Walker my student writes of doubt, of despair, all hidden behind his tight smile, my student writes of living past her own doubts by letting her love reach out to embrace another, there is a sweet gentleness, a belief in the wholeness, in the wonder of the other, that many of us can give, and give joyously, continuously, yet it is woefully hard to give that unconditional love to ourselves, we need the friend, the partner, so that the foundation of who we are finds a footing that can endure the buffeting, the buffeting, the buffeting, that self-doubt throws and throws at us.