The Joy of Being Brilliant

The Joy of Being Brilliant
Generally we look at the challenges with being a Creative Soul but all the negative stuff aside we should take time to revel in the sheer joy of being in the top percentile of those who are considered brilliant.
Brilliant! Not me, I hear all your collective thoughts at the idea that you may be just that. So why is this so hard to accept? I know that from the time we were children we were taught not to be to self-absorbed. We were taught that humility was the way to go; pride comes before a fall and all the other cliché phrases to keep us humble. It is a strange world that tells us it is bad to acknowledge your abilities but fine to talk about your problems and short comings.
So starting today I want you to add to your list of things that you are grateful for one more critical item. Your Brilliance! Thank your Mother, Father, Aunt Mabel or whatever higher power you believe in and say it, I am Brilliant.
How do I know you are brilliant? If you create anything and feel the calling of the muses, you are Brilliant. What is more important is that you know you are brilliant. Once you do you will start to shine brighter and brighter and your creative self will become boundless. If you need more than that as an example just do the following: Think about a time when you created something, a song, a poem, you painted effortlessly, danced with wings on your feet or wrote passages that flowed so easily you were convinced you were channeling Hemmingway. How did you feel? Excited, light, joyful, exhausted and happy, definitely happy; you were alive with every nerve tingling. This is brilliance.
We all have experienced it and have the power to feel it daily, but often we don’t, why? I think that all this humility training as children that sabotages our brilliance, so starting today; I give you all permission to accept your brilliance and to start every day saying “I am a brilliant, creative, artistic soul, thank you (insert name) I shall not waist it!”
Once you accept that this is the truth about you amazing things will happen. You will find that the brilliant ideas will flow and brilliant ideas are a little like rabbits once you have a couple of them the next thing you know you have a million of them. Will you have down days? Sure, we all do but getting back on track will be much easier if you are accepting of how great you really are. Will some of your ideas or creative expressions be not so brilliant? Yes, of course. The important thing is to not mistake arrogance with knowing and appreciating your creative brilliance. Arrogant people never accept that they make mistakes or are not perfect. We know we make mistakes but when we don’t – Get out the sun glasses and watch out!!