This morning, one of my very good friends stopped me in the hall at work. She told me that she had read one of my posts last night and didn’t realize that I had/still struggle with my confidence and my self-image. She said, “I would have never guessed that you struggled with that! You are so fun, cute and confident.”

Then she said something that really hit me hard. She said, “It makes me feel better about myself because I thought I was the only one that struggled with my body. It’s nice to know that I’m not alone.”

We all have struggles in our lives. And we always will have things that we struggle with. There are so many times that we tell ourselves, “I’m the only one who has this problem. ___________ doesn’t have this problem because they are so put together. They always seem to have everything going for them.”

It’s Not just You

I would venture a guess and say that there are many people out there that have the same problems. How many times do we get the question, “How are you doing?” And our answer is ,”I’m doing good.” But are we really good? Or are we just saying that so that people will think that we are all “put together”?

I’m not saying we need to spill our guts and become that one person that always has a sob story. But maybe if we answer honestly, our friends will become our best friends. Their struggles will become your struggles.

In fact, I think it would blow our minds to find out about specific people and the struggles that they have. If you want to read about my own struggles, here is my story.

As soon as my friend told me this, I immediately felt a closer bond with her. I felt almost united with her because we both struggle with the same thing.

Once we realize what other people struggle with, we can make a conscious effort to reach out to that person with compliments and other things to help them with their problems.