And confidence isn't something only a small portion of society is blessed with. Nobody is blessed or born with self-confidence. I'm no exception. I had to earn my self-confidence the way I have to earn respect. And that fact …

It's the shackle of low self-esteem, and it stopped me for a long time. It stopped me from daring to try. Daring to risk. Daring to write. Daring to live. It's those insidious thoughts that wriggle out and wrap themselves around my …