You have two choices in life when it comes to truthful observations by others that anger you: You can be ashamed and cover it up by letting your pride take you in the extreme opposite direction, in order to make the point that they are wrong. Or, you can break down the walls of pride by accepting vulnerability as a strength, not a weakness. As you walk through your vulnerability, you will meet humility on the way to courage. From here, courage allows us to let go of shame and rise higher into the person we are meant to be, not the person that needs to be right. This is the road to confidence and self worth. Shannon L. Alder
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The quote, “You have two choices in life when it comes to truthful observations by others that anger you: You can be ashamed and cover it up by letting your pride take you in the extreme opposite direction, in order to make the point that they are wrong. Or, you can break down the walls of pride by accepting vulnerability as a strength, not a weakness. As you walk through your vulnerability, you will meet humility on the way to courage. From here, courage allows us to let go of shame and rise higher into the person we are meant to be, not the person that needs to be right.

This is the road to confidence and self worth.” is talking about how people who are honest about their mistakes usually end up being better for it in the long run. They stop covering up their mistakes and own up to them instead of hiding behind an act showing no shame or regret for their behavior. The people who do this make themselves better because they are being vulnerable enough to show others that they are capable of being better because no matter what they have done in the past they are capable of changing for the good now.

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