I'm amazed at how often we can look to external people and things to build our confidence.  Whether it is our friend group, the number of followers on social media or our financial status. The reality is none of those things alone can give a person true genuine confidence.  They can bring you temporary satisfaction that will at some point fade.

The challenge with placing our confidence in external things is they are often things that are fluid, and that can be snatched away in an instance.  

Placing our confidence in the hands of our friend group can cause heartache when and if circumstances change.

When we place our confidence in the number of friends and followers on social media, we know how that goes. The trends change and who and what is hot today, finds it's self on the "not" list later.

Lastly, when we place our confidence in things like our financial status, our titles, and our assets, the reality is all of those things can be lost in an instance.