Having the Confidence to Fail

The older I am, the more I realize how important it becomes to own all the ways I fail. You know what brings self-confidence? Failing and being vulnerable to people seeing and knowing about those failures and not feeling shame. Well, maybe a little discomfort, but no shame. You know what takes guts? Letting people see your mistakes. Looking someone in the eye when they have seen your worst or at least some of your flubs and rough edges. Being brave means doing things despite the fact that you are terrified or mortified. Being brave, not being perfect, is what ultimately breeds confidence. 

So, in honor of that, I am posting this blog on my personal FB page, as well as on my site FB page. I have hidden it for a year and it is time to just throw it out there. My initial intent was to just get writing, posting, and into the habit of maintaining this blog. It is rough and imperfect, and I was hiding it. Not anymore. 

To further this new commitment to being brave, I am posting these failed mini-pies. I cannot make pie dough (or bread dough, for that matter), not yet, anyway. If it helps any of you feel less self-conscious about your failures, mission accomplished. 

The filling, however, is delicious. 

And, from certain angles, you would not notice any problems. Hmm, there's a life lesson--whether something is a problem or not, just depends on the angle from which you view it!