Having Swagger

“In college football, the swagger is essential for any team to win a national title. Nearly every great team in college football seems to have that air of invincibility.”
—Columnist J.P. Degance

Having high self-esteem and being in a place in life where we feel on top of the world gives us swagger. And while this word may bring to mind images of a peacock in full plumage strutting around, chest stuck out, head held high it doesn’t mean having a swagger is a bad thing at all.

There’s a difference in feeling good about ourselves and feeling invincible than there is in being cocky. When we have experienced having the swagger we know it is something we want, it’s a place we want to be in our lives. But it isn’t always present. Life happens. Trauma and tragedy happen. Disappointments happen. But we can get our swagger back.

If we keep doing the things we know to do — the next right thing — we can get our lives back on track if things have gone awry lately. And we can either return to our swagger or discover it for the first time.

When we have swagger, we feel like we can succeed at anything we do, and when we believe in ourselves we can achieve most anything we set our mind to.

Swagger, confidence, the feeling of invincibility can take us a long way on our journey. It can help us heal from hurtful situations or loss; it can give us the courage to face a difficult challenge; we may better be able to set and keep boundaries; and it might help us to go after a goal that we wish to achieve but have not found the courage yet to approach.

As long as we aren’t boastful and conceited, having swagger isn’t a bad thing at all, it’s something to be cherished and held onto if possible. If having swagger can help a whole football team win a national championship, just think what we could do with it in our lives.

Don’t ever feel ashamed of having swagger just be sure to use it for good.