Let your light be wild, let it be you!

There is something powerful that lives within each of us. It may feel like a spark or a soft glow; it may shine blindingly bright, radiate quietly or flicker ever so gently just beyond the surface. Only you will know how it shows up, but however it manifests, this is your brilliance, courageously shining out into your world.

You carry this brilliance in a way that no one else can. You express it in a way that is uniquely, unmistakably you.

Not everyone can see this brilliance right away; sometimes, we even forget it ourselves. Life moves fast, and the weight of expectations can pile up and grow heavy. We navigate a world that calls for conformity, pushing us to shape-shift in order to fit in, to succeed, to survive. In this familiar reality, we risk disconnecting from our true selves; I mean from who we are really. Quite simply some of us forget we have any brilliance at all.

The word brilliance has been almost entirely appropriated as a way to express, describe or understand cognitive genus. And while that is one way to express our brilliance, and I am not knocking this at all, it often clouds our understanding of brilliance as something innate. Brilliance is not something we achieve or need to work for, it is not a skill or talent, and it cannot be weighed or measured. Our inner brilliance is our natural ability to see, feel, create, and contribute in a way that no one else ever could. It is the essence of being you. And let’s be honest, it’s a good job as everyone else is already taken!

When we stand in our brilliance, that nagging inner critic begins to quieten, it loses it’s power and it’s voice, we no longer suffer from comparisonitis. I remember a friend once saying ‘comparison is the thief of joy’, and she was absolutely right. When we stop measuring ourselves against others, we stop shrinking. When we stand in our brilliance so many doorways of possibility and opportunity begin to open.

I don’t believe that personal growth or lasting transformation is about becoming someone new, not really. It is about remembering who you are, and who you were always meant to be. Sometimes that remembering looks like reimaging, reinventing and reconceptualising ourselves and our lives.  This is because we all, in some way at some point, have bought into the stories that tell us who we should be. We’ve bought into the stories that keep us small, hold us back, mostly to keep ourselves safe. We’ve believed the stories about ourselves that just aren’t true, but we have accepted them and made them function as if they were true, lived our lives as if they were true. And in doing so, we have hidden or lost sight of our brilliance.

So ask yourself:

What old stories do you still believe that keep you small? That keep you from fully seeing and accepting yourself?

Where do you allow your inner critic to grab the steering wheel of your life and drive?

If you listened, really listened, to the whispers and even the shouts from your heart, what would it tell you about who you are really?

Remember your spark. Remember your brilliance

Remembering your brilliance, shedding what no longer serves you and evolving and coming home to yourself, allows you to shine authentically, freely, passionately and, yes, brilliantly!

This is not always a dramatic process. Transformation doesn’t always come with fireworks. Often personal growth, self-discovery and transformational change is quiet and sometimes even gentle, like petals slowly unfurling.  For some, change needs to be big and bold, a big leap; for others, it’s a soft and steady return to self. Whether your light bursts forth or gradually glows brighter, the truth remains;  the how doesn’t matter and the neither does the time it takes. What is more important is the permission you give yourself to shine. Even in quiet brilliance, you invite others to shine too.

Reclaiming your brilliance takes courage. But that courage can become a mirror, a beacon, a quiet invitation, a permission slip and even an inspiration. When you allow yourself to expand, to take up space, you remind others they can too. Imagine a world where everyone’s light gets to shine, taking a step towards this can be a radical act of leadership and self-acceptance.

Whatever challenge you are facing, whatever metaphorical mountain you are climbing, you are not starting from scratch. You are returning. Returning to the brilliance that’s always been there within you. In reconnecting, in reawakening, you can become the change you wish to see in yourself, in your life, and in your world.

Remember, the world is a better place when you show up as you!

So, what does your spark, your brilliance, feel like?

If you stood fully in your brilliance, what might become possible?

Who would you remember yourself to be? What would you make this mean?

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