Believe in Yourself: You Have Something to Offer the World

By Sam de la Haye

We’ve all had moments where we doubt ourselves and our ability to make a difference, where we feel lost and hopeless about how to get to our dreams!

I remember living in London, and I was working as a care assistant for a girl with a brain injury - I loved my Job, but at 23 years of age, I had a dream… to become a professional singer/pianist/songwriter. And that calling was LOUD LOUD LOUD!!! 

Every morning I felt a pang in my heart like I was living the wrong life - I felt exhausted, drained, depressed and hopeless.

Then one night, whilst on my way home from an open mike,I decided to pull over by the river Thames and look out at the water. It must have been about 2 am, and it was bitterly cold. I stood there for about 20 minutes and wept.

The questions that were running through my head were

How did I get here?

How do I become a singer?

This is impossible, God; why...