This I Believe- Final Draft

      "Men build too many walls and not enough bridges." I've shut out all the different types of opportunities in my life and now as I get older I look for others that will help lead me to places. Being that I have failed in so many areas, and let things get to the best of me, I've been putting up a blockage that has kept me from moving on. It gives a certain push that will allow me to break these walls down and cross over. Thinking so lowly of myself was part of the reason, I've learned to believe in capability or potential instead of self-doubt.
      Growing up I was never really the type of person who was the best at everything or let alone anything. I would learn to do new things, but there would always be someone else that would be better at it than me. That's where one wall went up. I did have the ability to try new things and maybe even be good at them, but I never let myself.  I was never the person who played a sport, or who even had a hobby. I always managed to find a way out of doing things, I was afraid of being a let down.
     Other notions also kept me from opening up to different opportunities, such as "what if I won't amount to anything?, what if I just fail again?" All these walls were being built that I couldn't get anywhere. I was reserved with insecurities. But, It was to my realization that if I don't expose myself now, where would I go in life? It was at that moment that I saw an array of possibilities that I didn't let myself try. So, little by little I tried a sport or two, I was put into dance classes and even began to play an instrument. I knocked down all the walls, that kept me from doing all of these great opportunities.
       I've kept myself from doing the things I enjoy now, just because I was diffident. "Men build too many walls and not enough bridges." Although I may be skeptical about doing some things, I am now able to go out and try new things. I have managed to break down those walls and cross over into something new. Doubting myself was never the solution. I believe that thinking of one's own capability instead of thinking so lowly of yourself will get you to places of where you want to go and give you new opportunities.