First of all if you aren’t familiar with Mark Groves work via his media outlets, check him out. He offers up some truly sound insight into navigating healthy relationships, and regardless of your relationship status most of us can benefit from some help in working through this part of our lives with healthy success.
Now on to being a badass, or owning your amazing shine. This post of Mark’s spoke to me because I have always had a tendency to be most comfortable dimming my light. Maybe not online in my diy blogging hayday, but certainly in person. Once I purchased an amazing trench styled jacket in a fabulous green with creative stitch accents and a riotous floral lining. 😍 I adored the design and how it looked on me. And yet what did I do a week later? Returned it. Yep. I knew each time I went to wear it I most likely would take it off to select another coat that faded into the background. I wasn’t comfortable with the potential attention I might receive wearing something that said, wow, look at me in my bright beautiful coat!
To be clear the idea behind this concept is not to show off stuff, but rather the unique essence and gifts we possess and how we can share them for the benefit of those around us. The coat just exposed my state of mind, that my comfort level was in dumbing myself down.
Where does this come from? Perhaps being shamed somewhere along the line, being made fun of or having our intelligence or abilities challenged or questioned. We would each do well to understand the origin of our doubt if we struggle with a fear of owning and showing our gifts, and then determine what we would want to celebrate and share if this fear was gone. Think of someone that influences you in positive and powerful way, then imagine them not sharing their light. How would that change your days? Don’t do that to anyone who needs YOUR light!
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