I recently attended a session where the participants were asked to consider their ‘greatness’. It prompted some interesting discussion, not least around a fear of rejection or of being somehow separate from others if they were to become great.
What this highlighted was that, for many of us, it is difficult to think about one person being ‘great’ without that somehow meaning that someone else is ‘less great’. It means that we resist stepping into our greatness for fear of being alone.
So what if being great is not about being better or best. What if it is about bringing our own unique gifts, and the whole richness of who we are, into whatever we do. And what if it were possible to step into greatness and at the same time become MORE connected than we have ever been.
As long as we see our becoming great as somehow overshadowing others, that shadow will keep us in darkness too. And fear or shame may stop us in our tracks.
Yet, as Marianne Williamson says in A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles:
‘as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.’
How could you be great and foster greatness in others?
Please share your thoughts or email me to explore this idea further.
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