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Self-doubt is a good thing.

We might just be better off if we humbly approach everything that we do in this life thinking that we’re wrong, and that we’re in constantly in a place to learn, improve, and hone our ability to discern and to interpret the world and others with nuance, sensitivity, and seriousness.

It is only when it is combined with cynicism that it becomes a bane on humanity and an inimical force opposed to truth. When we neither believe in ourselves nor in other people, there is nothing left to believe in, and no story to write. It is a guaranteed pathway to misery, discontentment, and purposelessness.

If we do not choose to believe in ourselves, at least choose to believe in someone we trust. And if there’s no one to trust now, then we best set off to find them.