You mentioned that ‘fear rising up’…remember, fear is just us being out of alignment with our real us. The authentic you is right there awaiting your return to your Brilliance.

Stand up, Divine Elephant! Proclaim your wonderfulness!

And yes, the road to feeling good about accepting compliments can be bumpy. It was for me. I used to do anything I could to place the complimentary attention back on the giver. I felt unworthy of most every compliment and had a very hard time being the receiver. I have always been stellar at being the giver of the compliments…but the receiver? That took some attention.

For me, the shift came effortlessly when I decided the best love affair I could have was one with myself…and when I realized the importance of Self Love and Appreciation and placed my focus there, suddenly I felt worthy of the compliments and it felt oh so gooood to receive them graciously, with appreciation.

I know that when this shift happened fully for me was when I recognized the Divine Elephant staring back at me in my mirror. I recognized my Brilliance and I’ve been determined ever since to stare that brilliance in the face and not shrink back!

The fun part is…I’m surrounded by Divine Elephants! No better company in my opinion. I’m very happy to attract Brilliance into my field. Nothing gives me greater JOY…and that’s reason enough to continue.

I’d love to hear how the Shining is going in your world!

How about everyone else? Got your Shine on?

Have a gorgeous one!

It’s testament to the fact that when surrounded by others that see your light…we feel supported to shine even brighter!

…and this is testament to the fact that once we awaken to that which surrounds us as being a reflection of our own choices…we know we can choose again to create more of what we want to see, have, be.

I just hopped over to your most recent post (http://www.fraggamuffin.com/?p=105)

Brilliant observations there…and so very relevant to this post and your comment here. Especially relative to the echo part.

Now that you’ve proclaimed your desire to “untie yourself and start to shine” you’ll have plenty of ‘echo’ reflection opportunities with which to respond in a new way **by shining even brighter instead of shrinking back**, which will show the Universe and those surrounding you that you are indeed ready, willing and able to SHINE your Brilliance…which WILL naturally set an example (and a choice) for others to do the same.

Now *that’s* Brilliant!!

Please do check in and let me/us know how this daring (and yet so natural) step goes for you…we’ll be here supporting you, awaiting your updates…ready to see you get your shine beyond what we’ve seen thus far; and you’re already pretty darn brilliant, Erik!

In JOY of Brilliance! ~Debra

*Read Erik’s post for links to more info on ‘the echo’.

“And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.”

This is so brilliant and relieving. This Elephant in the ant hole image is sooo true. Up to now, when trying to shine bright, I always felt the pain and envy of those around me when I did, so I stopped.

As you can imagine, this kept me tied down 100% – I think it is time to untie myself now and start to shine (wow, tough, me saying that, it’s a pretty daring step for me!). ‘ll let you know how my shinin’ is doing these next days / weeks.

Love this:
“I’m the light that shines on the path before you for miles on end and illuminates your choices.”

What a Proclamation!! Now that’s BRILLIANCE in motion! Woo-Hoooo!!!!! Go Tia, Go Tia, Go Tia!!

YOU are so Brilliant…and right on!!! Silly is one of the greatest Keys to the Universe there is, IMHO.

It’s awesome that you were always in touch w/the Elephant inside…and INCREDIBLE that you’re living it and expressing it full-on now.

I’m with @Emiko…Passion for this topic runs deeper for some of us simply because of the path we’ve taken to our realization. Our ‘Divine Elephant Enlightenment’, if you will. Hehehe

Here’s to Living Large & Shining Bright! XO

Even if it were, the choir can always use a good reminder about how fabulous we are!! he he