We have to be just as comfortable being a recognized light in the world as being an unrecognized one. It’s the light that’s important and it shines regardless of the world’s recognition.

Most of what’s shared in new thought blogs and teachings focuses on overcoming the fear that stops us from shining our own light in order to shine it. Not taking the necessary steps to shine your light is akin to shrinking from it.

Though I think it’s absolutely necessary to overcome any fear that stops you from stepping into your own light, there may come a point in your journey where the desire to shine your light (in the world) is ego’s latest game to sustain itself in your awareness.

This is where the rubber meets the road, because it may require letting go of whatever form you have attached to as the mechanism to shine your light in the world.

At a minimum it requires letting go of any attachment to the form that “you shining your light” is taking, since any attachment serves as a hindrance to our growth.

Our inability to let go is a …

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