Do You Avoid Your Brilliance? (#032)

I am excited to have my first piece published in a medium.com publication today. It’s called ‘Pragmatic Wisdom’ and is inspired by Stoic philosophy.

Here’s how it starts:

Do You Avoid Your Brilliance?

Most of us did not receive the nurturance to develop our authentic gifts and to live a life of Purpose. Therefore, when we embark on this journey as adults — we may experience growing pains and friction. In this piece, I will explore how we can reorient ourselves to the avoidance of our brilliance and allow the flow to continue.

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You may have arrived at the place where you know your purpose and have identified the steps to get there — yet, progress may not be as straightforward as you hoped for when you began.

Even when you are committed to growth, expansion, and taking consistent action towards your evolution — you may find yourself in avoidance or procrastination.

This may cause feelings of frustration — “but I know that I decided to make this commitment! I know I need to do this, even if it’s challenging” — yet in the day-to-day, there is a friction that appears in honouring your commitment.

Often, this friction has to do with fear. The famous quote from Marianne Williamson illustrates this:

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?”

[read in full on medium.com]