I took this idea from reading The Great Divorce by CS Lewis and reading this blog:
Zen And The Art Of Mass Transformation BTW: awesome blog, probably some of the deepest insight I've ever read. Really mind-blowing stuff.
Confidence is not a state of mind. Sadness is a state of mind. Anger is a state of mind. Excitement is a state of mind. But joy, confidence, peace; they are not states of mind.
They are states of being.
It is a natural and DEFAULT state that arises from deep within us when our connection with reality is strengthened. Quite simply, when we take what is as just what is, without judgement, label, and interpretation, internal peace is a natural consequence.
On top of this, we can layer the judgement, label, and interpretation, but how often to we find ourselves trying to judge our way to confidence?
Read this if you want to go deeper into what I just said:
Zen And The Art Of Mass Transformation: Soundbytes And Suicide Bombers