Believing in the Self

It's easy to say that we believe in ourselves, our ability, our strength, etc. But the question is do we truly believe in ourselves? The only way to test it out is not just saying it but by actually getting out in the real world and experience it. It is tested especially when we run into obstacles in our lives; when we encounter a problem, we either run away from it, hide away from it, or we can trust ourselves and confront it.  When we believe in ourselves, we have to acknowledge that it's normal to make mistakes; we will make mistakes on the way to success and it's okay because the purpose of mistakes is to help us learn from them and to become a better person and its goal is to prepare us for the best to come. When we truly believe in ourselves, we can face anything that life gives us and the result is that we will be a stronger and wiser person.