Doubt and Fear

Have you ever wanted to speak to this guy/girl but were so scared that they wouldn't like you? Have you ever wondered if they felt the same way about you?

Have you ever doubted your belonging within a group of people? Or felt like somehow they didn't want you around?

Our feelings of doubt and fear stem from a feeling of inadequacy - we're not good enough so they couldn't, wouldn't, or don't like us... Once this thought reaches your head you withdraw, preferring to be alone than with people who don't/wouldn't want you. Well, I've felt this way before. I still feel this way often.

This thought, this feeling of inadequacy, has no merit at all. It doesn't make you a better person, it makes you a fearful person, a doubtful person. It doesn't improve on anything, rather it works backwards. What you've worked hard to achieve, putting yourself out there, slides to the back burner and you're back at square one.

As well, this feeling of being not good enough is not real, it's all in your mind. You are adequate, and until someone explicitly tells you, "I don't like you," you have every right and every reason to believe that they do like you and that they do want you around.

Don't let doubt or fear stop you from pursuing anything or anyone that you want to.