Burn anyways.

It’s okay to be myself, right?  I think I need to hear that again and again.  When I’m scared that I stand out because I’m different from other people; when I’m afraid to show up as myself for fear that people might laugh at me or make fun of me; when I look at those around me and compare, compare, compare.

Or when I was a school girl and was taught that “boys don’t like it when girls are smarter” or “keep your voice down” or “you can’t do that because you’re a girl!”  But I am a girl, and I am smart and I want to be loud sometimes and use my roar because its part of who I am.

I love this quote above because it’s a reminder to me to “burn anyway!” Because if me being myself and shining my light full on will inspire someone else or illuminate the way for another soul?  Well then. I better get to burnin’ bright.

Question:  Have you ever had someone tell you that your way of being is “too much to handle?”

Food For Thought:  Have you decided to let that person’s criticism dim your light?

Challenge:  What if you decided, instead, to “burn anyway?”  :-)