I love quotes because they succinctly capture truisms. Here is one by Rosalyn Carter that I like “If you doubt you can accomplish something, then you can’s accomplish it. You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through. In those few words she sums up that the essence of self-worth is having confidence in ones abilities and then taking action to develop these abilities.
Although I had heard a lot about the movie Precious I finally saw it last night. I found it a hard movie to watch. Precious had grown up in an environment of poverty and horrific physical and emotional abuse. It wasn’t until she became a student at an alternative school that she began to see that life could be different. She had in the past escaped to fantasizing a different life for herself but this time something changed for her. She began to feel that she herself had the ability, in spite of everything that was against her, to take control of her life. Although the movie ends on a positive note it is evident that the road ahead for Precious and her two children will be difficult.
Over time Precious gained self -confidence to envision a different life for herself. Gradually she began to build a strong personal foundation, developed the strength to take action, and the confidence to forge her own life.
