Emphasis Preaching Journal

Confidence is such a fragile thing. Even those whom we think have the most confidence, really don't. British psychologist, Terri Apter wrote in the book Altered Loves, "Adolescents swing from euphoric self-confidence and a kind of narcissistic strength in which they feel invulnerable and even immortal, to despair, self-emptiness, self-deprecation. At the same time they seem to see an emerging self that is unique and wonderful, they suffer an intense envy which tears narcissism into shreds, and makes other people's qualities hit them like an attack of lasers."