I never thought that I was a singer - I actually always enjoyed to sing (when nobody was listening!), yet I compared myself to friends - I was friends with a couple of professional singers and so I thought that next to them I shouldn't sing because it was their place, not mine. I really believed that and therefore believed that I wasn't a singer. Like this, we affirm our reality every day by choosing to believe something that isn't in alignment with our dreams/desires/dharma