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myLot reputation of 98/100. tingtong (3868) 3 years ago

A witch shut Rapunzel away in a fort. The witch told her she was ugly. She believed it. She had beautiful long hair. She didn't realize what she had, but believed what others said. It wasn't the fort that imprisoned her, it was her lack of confidence. Many of us give more importance to what others think, we don't have confidence in our own abilities.
Are you one who lives in fear? Are you waiting for a Prince Charming who will come to save you? Do you live in a fort of insecurites built by yourself?

 

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tags:  confidence, rapunzel, fairy tale, fear, fear for others
 
1. myLot reputation of 95/100. Hatley (48771)   ranked 956 out of 32,950 in life   3 years ago

hi tingtong nope I believed that one day the person meant for me would show up and I would at once recognize him. sure enough he was wearing an orderlys whites and giving me a hard time while we made a surgical bed together the orderly and the nurses aide. We knew the momlolent we met, something clicked, and he smiled at me and I felt like I had stuck my hand onto a live wire. our fingers touched and I just knew. six weeks later we were married. He was born to an ordinary middle class family in Walla Walla Wa. I came from South Dakota to phoenix arizona to meet a man from Washington state.wow. We were best friends then lovers, we could talk to each other about everything, we trusted each other, we were a team. He accepted me loved me unconditionally which was more than my own parents did , he took me warts and all as was. nothing to have to change. he built up my self confidence he gave me optimism and he made me laugh. we were married for 43 y ears. i still miss him, he died way back in 1991. lol lol.lolthumbup


myLot reputation of 98/100. tingtong (3868)  3 years ago

happy Hatley dear, as I read, I visualized the fairy tale which tells how the prince comes and takes the hand of the pretty girl and escape on that horse....So the story came true in your life..We who got the second half of our life memorable are lucky. The old age can be spent in happy memories.wink...You may be thanking God for all those 43 years, while people today cannot live together for 43 months. Ours is 31 and we asked for another 30....lol


myLot reputation of 95/100. Hatley (48771)   ranked 956 out of 32,950 in life  3 years ago

oh tingtong I do hope you get it, thirty more years that is. he hehappy

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2. myLot reputation of 98/100. ckyera (4912)   ranked 355 out of 32,950 in life   3 years ago

hello tingtong!

when i was younger i think i am really like this, i have a tendency of believing and minding what other people says...but as i grow older, i started to build confidence, maybe due to the experiences that i have been through in life...and the more exposure that i got when i am already working...and so i also learn not to always believe on what other people say, oh well i guess at this moment, i am someone who don't really mind what they are going to say...what's important for me now, is how i feel about myself and how my family see me...
i already learn to believe on myself and on my guts and to be optimistic! i know myself more than they are...happy

and by the way, i already found my prince charming as well as my fairy god mother!lol

happy sunday! :-)


myLot reputation of 98/100. tingtong (3868)  3 years ago

happy Hi ckyera, Yes, at younger age we all are very much affected by what others say of think about us. It takes a long time to get the confidence that nothing should affect us. If we believe in ourselves, others too will believe in us.
Glad to know that you got your Prince Charming.wink So the story should be.....They lived happily ever after........thumbup


myLot reputation of 98/100. ckyera (4912)   ranked 355 out of 32,950 in life  3 years ago

Hi ckyera, Yes, at younger age we all are very much affected by what others say of think about us. It takes a long time to get the confidence that nothing should affect us. If we believe in ourselves, others too will believe in us.
Glad to know that you got your Prince Charming. wink So the story should be.....They lived happily ever after........

i agree, and i guess its better that we can be just us...to be someone that we wanted to be and how people will see us...but there are times that i still mind what others say about me but it won't make me upset or what, i just consider it and ask myself if i am really guilty of it or what...and i do something a bout. i sometimes take some criticism into consideration coz sometimes it does help me improve myself...

yeah...i hope that we can really live happily ever after! and say to myself that yeah, fairy tales do come true!lol

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3. myLot reputation of 98/100. msfrancisco9369 (4836)   ranked 849 out of 32,950 in life   3 years ago

Hi Tingtong,

I admire my parents so much for helping us develop the confidence with humility since we are kids. they're able to bring out the best in us and trained us to be generous in sharing whatever we have particularly our skills, talents, ideas anything that will help one gets better. so insecurity is not entertained. almost all of us were leaders in school and managers in out own career. mom and dad did great in bringing us up. and i salute them dearly. my husband too sustained that and even make me more comfortable with myself and the things that i can do. he's always a partner--the wind beneath my wings. my prince charming keeps the passion of confidence and trust in myself even great. thanks honeypie!


myLot reputation of 98/100. tingtong (3868)  3 years ago

So glad to hear that you had a secure life always.thumbup If we get the confidence from a younger age, there is nothing more we need to get successful. and let the pricess and prince live happily everafter like all other fairy tale.....lol


myLot reputation of 98/100. msfrancisco9369 (4836)   ranked 849 out of 32,950 in life  3 years ago

yes tingy that's true. being happy and confident is contagious...so it's quite fulfilling. did you see my new avatar? it came from you friend. thanks.


myLot reputation of 98/100. tingtong (3868)  3 years ago

winkhaha winking winky...great!!winkwink


myLot reputation of 98/100. msfrancisco9369 (4836)   ranked 849 out of 32,950 in life  3 years ago

yes ilove it but i received a comment from another friend saying that butterfly will be butterfly...it's kinda unique. so i responded by saying--i will let winking winky stays for a while and then may be later back to my old avatar as butterfly or have a new one but still a butterfly. do you have one with you?


myLot reputation of 98/100. tingtong (3868)  3 years ago

Just go to google images and type butterfly, you will get thousands of pictures. Choose from them. Right click on the image, save, and get it uploaded in mylot. easy.thumbupwub


myLot reputation of 98/100. msfrancisco9369 (4836)   ranked 849 out of 32,950 in life  3 years ago

thanks for that. i will explore now after this response and check if i see one that will catch my attention and make it as my new butterfly avatar. so please wait and see...! as usual this is making me excited again.

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4. myLot reputation of 87/100. umabharti (2039)   ranked 2,882 out of 32,950 in life   3 years ago

Yes , i am.Definetly i agree to the discussion.Confidence changes life of every individual.Either it is a man or a women.,Life has a turning point only when such person enters into ur life.Rupunzel is a very nice fairy tale.Alice in wonderland is also such .Cindrella,Snow white,Heidi Tumberlina all are excellent to watch in the cartoon network.Really nice stories but having a real impact on our lives.


myLot reputation of 98/100. tingtong (3868)  3 years ago

happyhi, you are a new member, welcome....
I loved the fairy tales when I read them to my children. When I was young we had the Panchatantra read to us by elders. They all have a moral to it. We don't understand the moral until we get older. But the impact of such stories is great on us.thumbup

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5. myLot reputation of 100/100. PeacefulWmn9 (3480)   ranked 38 out of 32,950 in life   3 years ago

happy Hello Tingtong. What a great analogy you've made with the fairy tale of Rapunzel.

I think as I've matured, I've become more secure about myself and depend far less on what others say to "validate" me. I do not choose to live locked away by insecurities of my own making!

Nice discussion....good lesson.

Karen


myLot reputation of 98/100. tingtong (3868)  3 years ago

happy Hi, Karen, Actually the fairy tales had a great impact on me. I was a lonely dreamy, insecure child. So I went through many rabbit holes of imagination like Alice, wished to be cindrella, snow white or sleeping beauty. I lived half my life in insecurity, in a fort of my own making. It wasn't a magic wand which woke me up, but a gradual realization that I was not one of the weak and useless. I know my worth now....Thank you karen. have a nice day.


myLot reputation of 100/100. PeacefulWmn9 (3480)   ranked 38 out of 32,950 in life  3 years ago

thumbup I am happy you know that :)))

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6. myLot reputation of 97/100. bjcyrix (3663)   ranked 346 out of 32,950 in life   3 years ago

Nice, that is a very unique way of looking at the possible different messages that the fairy tale of Rapunzel conveys. I have a different outlook in those fairy tales. Im kinda more into the original versions that the Grimm's Brothers have collected and penned down, rather than those child-friendly Disney versions.

In response to the issues that you have mentioned, I used to be like that. Drowned in my insecurities about everything, that's why I was withdrawn from anything, everything, and everyone. But I got tired of all those things so I threw all caution to the wind and just be myself. I didnt mind what other people might think of me. They just have to take me as I am, and if they dont like to then I wont hold it against them or make it into a big deal that it would ruin my confidence, self-esteem, and self-worth.^_^


myLot reputation of 98/100. tingtong (3868)  3 years ago

happy Hi, I think we grow stronger as we get older. Our past experiences teach us. Now noone can make me feel inferior, though there was a time when I lived with many complexes.
Still I see that child who loved cindrella and Alice, in me.


myLot reputation of 97/100. bjcyrix (3663)   ranked 346 out of 32,950 in life  3 years ago

Same here.^_^ That's something that we really cant ultimately grow out of.wink

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7. myLot reputation of 98/100. Shames (3384)   ranked 59 out of 32,950 in life   3 years ago

Hi tingtong.Well I dont believe in such fairy tales.I would have in-fact puked if Rapunzel was a man and not a girl.LOL.I dont wait for anything.I believe that the only person who can change your life is the person him/herself.If the person does not want to do something even god cant help that person.There is no such thing as hard work and destiny unless you make an effort yourself..Anyways have a nice day..

--happyshameshappy--


myLot reputation of 98/100. tingtong (3868)  3 years ago

happy Hi, but all are not born confident. The family atmosphere in childhood shapes a person. If you are lucky enough to get attention and care you grow confident and know what you want in life. The motivation for hard work is to be got from somewhere. I was always fascinated by the fairy tales.

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8. myLot reputation of 76/100. neelianoscet (3123)   ranked 3,059 out of 32,950 in life   3 years ago

Everyone have their own shares of insecurities and as a matter of survival one need to remain optimistic focusing on the positive things and not being pessimistic as most of the time it never help it only lead to misery. Now, the fairy tales I leave it to the books as in reality all good things comes to those who believe and work hard to achieve what they want in life. Anyone could dream of having a prince charming as a sort of inspiration but never have to depend on it as it is a mere illusion away from reality.


myLot reputation of 98/100. tingtong (3868)  3 years ago

happy Hi, A fairy tale like appearance of a prine charming who comes on a horse back and kill the witch to save may not happen in real life. But getting a life partner who helps you out of all insecurities and bring out the confidence in you is possible. That happened in my life. What I'm now is because of him. I learned to believe in myself and got a positive outlook to life. thumbup

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9. myLot reputation of 100/100. astonysh (4492)   3 years ago

I didn't meet Prince Charming, but apparently my wife didlol.

How I can maybe explain, why takes a lot more comprehensionshocked.

I personally always saw myself as the Rumpelstilskin type or maybe the Black Knightwhistle. Prince Charming must, though, have many guises!


myLot reputation of 98/100. tingtong (3868)  3 years ago

How much straw did you spin to gold for her, Rumpelstilskin, but the king took her. So you are not Rumpelstilskin, for her....Yes the prince charming comes in various guises....lol

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10. myLot reputation of 93/100. Lucky09 (849)   ranked 8,336 out of 32,950 in life   3 years ago

hi Tingtong^^;;
yesterday i think i answered a discussion related too to self-confidence and i admitted i don't have much that..but even though i am not so sure of my capabilities but i don't live with insecurities nor self-pity as i am contented with what i have and what i am. i may not that so courageous in trying something new or in taking risks but i still try if the chances are betterhappy


myLot reputation of 98/100. tingtong (3868)  3 years ago

happy Hi Lucky, how are you?
I think you found your Prince Charming. Now you are sure to get more confident and courageous. It is the kind of childhood we had, which decides how easily we start believing in ourselves. Have a nice time.thumbup


myLot reputation of 93/100. Lucky09 (849)   ranked 8,336 out of 32,950 in life  3 years ago

oh i didn't get notified for thissad

but i'm fine. i'm just super busy nowadays so i can't do mylot often because im usually tired and sleepy...

how are u too doing my friend?
and do u have any news about friend wit? haven't heard nor see him whenever i'm hereblink

but well, yeah! i finally found one who always motivate and lift me up. he's has more positive outlook than me..but sometimes it can't be avoided that he worries too, so in this, i need to be the one to cheerhappy


myLot reputation of 98/100. tingtong (3868)  3 years ago

happyHi Lucky, I'm so happy for you that you got the right prince charming for you.
By the way, Misterwit is not seen here much these days. But he appeared in my latest discussion yesterday on 'carpel syndrome'.

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