"A rainbow is the product of physics working for your appreciation of beauty." Kyle Hill
I want each and every one of you to recognize that you have awesome talents. Now don't you deny it, or make excuses, because you've definitely got them.
Appreciation of your own talents and gifts might just require an attitude shakedown. Maybe you know they're inside you and yet you keep quiet about it. Insecurity and doubt are two friends you don't want to have. I should know, I've been on that yo-yo ride for a long time but I'd like to say each day I feel stronger about kicking them to the curb.
How do I do it? Probably the same way you do, I find my community, my tribe, and within the safety and laughter, I LIGHTEN UP and let go of the need for perfection or fear of failure.
Take your imaginary binoculars and zoom in on your talents; ZOOM IN closely and you'll see that you have many talents. Now find a way to appreciate them. Laugh about them, celebrate them, nurture and allow them to grow.
If you're reading this and a little voice is saying "I can't think of a single talent, and we've all had many of those days, then I say to you, that you're looking TOO BIG. 'Cast the net' closer to home so you can step into APPRECIATION. Maybe instead of feeling disappointment about not having a record deal or earning a living with your music, maybe appreciate that you play really well, or that you support other musicians or that your fingers move faster on the keyboard than before.
Somewhere we get caught in the COMPARISON TRAP and it can feel pretty stifling. Facebook, and social media in general, can really send you deep into that place of 'I'm not good enough'.
The secret sauce is to look at what you DO have going for yourself, not what's MISSING, because if there's one thing I know for sure is that if you focus on what's missing you'll just get more of the same. You've got this!