This essay is about trusting oneself and how to build confidence in a person.

Sometimes, from the outside looking in, all you can say is that the situation is complex, there's no nice, easy, safe way out, all you can do is play the cards you have and hope the dealer turns up something nice on the river. Like I said, it's invigorating to be in the throws of emotion, it's life affirming, it is the risk we take by not being hermits hiding in the shadows woeful over …

…others exponentially more than they worry about you. What I'm trying to say is, "Wu-wei", be yourself, be natural, don't force things. If it works out great, if it doesn't it wasn't supposed to. The path you think you see up ahead, and the direction it leads when you get there are often of different minds. Trust [name], that's all I can say. It breeds confidence, and confidence attracts. Unlike arrogance or timidity which repel.