Live With Confidence - Joel Osteen

I want to talk to you today about living with confidence, too many people go through life intimidated, insecure, they think everyone is smarter and brighter and more talented, more beautiful.

They put others on a pedestal and look down on themselves, and yes it's good to celebrate people, it's good to be happy for their accomplishments, but can I tell you, you are someone to be celebrated, you are talented, you are smart, you are attractive, there's something great about you. You're not supposed to always be celebrating others, you need to learn to celebrate yourself. 

I hear people say, you should see how beautiful my sister is, my coworker is so talented, my classmate is an awesome football player, and that's fine but you can't get so caught up in how great they are that you lose sight of how great you are.

You're good at something that they're not, don't make the mistake of idolizing people, to where you put them on such a pedestal and think they are so much smarter and more talented and more beautiful, that you feel intimidated like you don't quite measure up, and of course they may have more natural strength or talent or ability, but the truth is they have faults and weaknesses just like we all do. 

It's fine to celebrate them, say wow aren't they great, as long as you can follow it up by saying you know what, I'm great too, I'm smart too, I'm talented too, don't be intimidated by other people's gifts be confident in who you are.

【重点词汇&表达】

intimidated 害怕的；

insecure 不安全的；

pedestal 高台；

look down 看轻；

get caught up in 陷入；

idolize 极端崇拜；

measure up 符合标准；

自信心对于一个人来说有多重要，自然不比多说了，有了自信心，一切皆有可能。如果没有了自信心，做什么都不会有动力。

那么如何建立自信心呢？

首先要做的就是停止“崇拜他人”。

现在互联网非常发达，很多明星、网红的信息也都充斥在各种社交媒体，他们漂亮、有才华、有钱、快乐。甚至朋友圈的好友也都在晒自己多么漂亮、多么有才华、多么有钱、多么快乐，关注的多了，我们都忘记了，其实我们自己在某些方面也很棒，而他们也有他们的苦恼。

你可以为别人的出色点赞，但是请不要忘了，你也很棒！

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