“I confess that I'm SHY. Can't you guess that this confident air is a mask that I wear 'cause I'm shy” Shyness is said to be caused by fear. I am shy and I do have fear. Not only of people but of the thought that the pride that comes from attention, deserved or not, would consume me. That I would seek to be defined by things or achievements with an empty ambition that yearns for validation. I want to be fearless so I surrender the “what if’s” and I choose to cling courage and to the spirit of power, love and self control that is with in me. #takecourage #onceuponamattress #fearless #power #faith #TEDxRVA #practice