{"id":3088,"date":"2016-12-07T04:53:49","date_gmt":"2016-12-07T04:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davesali.wordpress.com\/?p=3088"},"modified":"2016-12-07T04:53:49","modified_gmt":"2016-12-07T04:53:49","slug":"allow-yourself-to-be-brilliant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/savedali.com\/index.php\/2016\/12\/07\/allow-yourself-to-be-brilliant\/","title":{"rendered":"Allow yourself to be brilliant"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven. – Matthew 5:16<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If you are the light of the world, why are you struggling in darkness and obscurity?<\/p>\n

If you’re so unique, brilliant and gifted, then why are you so mired in mediocrity?<\/p>\n

A huge clue is found in one word that is also an instruction:<\/p>\n

Let.<\/p>\n

Let<\/i><\/b> your light shine.<\/p>\n

Allow yourself to be brilliant.<\/p>\n

Note: this isn’t about making yourself very brilliant, because you already are.<\/p>\n

Instead it’s about laying aside every weight, every voice, every excuse and every fear that keeps short circuiting what you are naturally wired to do.<\/p>\n

You may not be able to eliminate it, but you don’t need to carry it upon or within you.<\/p>\n

And the critical decision is for you to commit to shining in the presence of darkness.<\/p>\n

Light doesn’t ask darkness to change before it shines. Instead, light transforms the darkness as it shines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven. – Matthew 5:16 If you are the light of the world, why are you struggling in darkness and obscurity? If you’re so unique, brilliant and gifted, then why are you so mired in mediocrity? A … <\/p>\n

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