Afraid of public speaking?
I had to give a speech, and I was not looking forward to it.
It was my senior year, and I’d been asked to participate in our school’s yearbook queen pageant. It sounded like fun, so I agreed and worked on developing my talent and preparing an entertaining speech. That was when it hit me: Give a speech? In front of my peers? This felt very daunting!
It was hard to outrun all the fearful thoughts.
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