Confidence.

Confidence is a choice. Confidence is my choice. The Apraxia Conference and conversations with fellow attendees all lead to a common topic: Confidence. How are you so confident speaking? I wish I had an ounce of that confidence. So on and so forth. I am not downplaying these remarks, confidence on the apraxia journey-or life journeys without Apraxia-is perplexing. Confidence appears arrogant if expressed inappropriately. Confidence appears insecure if expressed without humility. Confidence is difficult . People mistake confidence for being a characteristic, or a person's trait. It's just "how they are." To that, I disagree. Confidence is a choice. It's a constant, almost daily choice that a person makes. One doesn't wake up and say "I'm going to be confident from here on out." Um, no! If I let you in on a little secret, my confidence was tested at that Apraxia Conference. It always