I haven’t always had confidence and often let things intimidate me. As a result, I lacked the confidence to jump in and would sit out.  I remember when I was a kid, I wanted so much to learn to swim. I watched all the other kids jumping in the water and swimming around. They made it look so easy. They made it look like so much fun. Easy and fun for them but scary for me. Every time during the car ride to the pool, I would have myself totally convinced that I would do it today. I would convince myself that I was going to run and jump in…