When I was 10 years old, my teacher told me that I needed to turn it down. She said I needed to be more like everyone else, to fit in, to not stand out, not show all I could be and do because it would make others feel bad. She said that I would not have friends.
That’s a rough thing to be told at the age of 10.
Why do I bring it up now? I have released pieces of this for years. I thought I was finally done with it until a few days ago at a conference. The speaker was saying that someone had told her something similar when she started speaking on stage. Now, she was an adult at the time and was able to respond with something that I wish I had been able to say to my teacher. She responded with something like “I’m sorry, I can’t turn myself down just to make you feel better.”
Now, maybe as a child I needed to hear that, but I wonder how much hiding that created in me. And how much of a need to fit in, to please other people, to make them feel better.
Granted, I have never fit in well, however there were times when I really tried to fit in and felt bad that I didn’t.
It was many years later that I heard the phrase “Don’t turn yourself down to make others feel better about themselves.”
The fact that all of this still had a charge indicated that there was still another layer to release, so now is the time! It’s time to release those lies and expectations and control and all that other crap created from that lecture I received at 10.
You see, I know that being me is not a crime. It’s not wrong. Being you is not a crime. You being you and me being me is what we bring to the world. It’s the gift that we are here to give.
Be in your prime
Now is the time
Being you is not a crime
You don’t need to hide your brilliance.
Just SHINE!!!
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