overwhelming vs overwhelmed

there's a difference between cockiness and strength. when one speaks of strength and really means undoubtful surity in the ability to do everything, they seem to merely be drowning themselves in arrogance. when every thought is original and every belief is "non-conformist" (despite the fact that there's really not such a thing), that - to me - is arrogance.

strength is just the opposite. strength is knowing that one has weaknesses. that fear isn't the enemy, or cowardice, or insecurities, but that knowing when to have a balance is. knowing when to say yes or when to say no - because we are not all capable of doing everything perfectly, and if we believe so, we've just fallen to the utopian ideals of "perfection" and competitiveness that have been set before us. dance in your insecurities. love your flaws. knowing that you have them is not the enemy...denying them is.

and in that moment and in this moment and in every moment where your skin trickles with enticement...this is where it is best. and i would have done it, right then and there if you had asked me to.