I was dancing my ass off recently, as I love to do in the evenings, having a grand time, rockin' out to Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love". And I suddenly got a glimpse of the possibility that all I have to do in order to give the world whatever gift I have to give is simply to be fully and fiercely myself. I think maybe that's all any of us needs to do and be.
Beethoven and Shakespeare, of course, had other gifts to offer, but for most of us humans, who we are, how we treat other people, what we say, whether we smile or growl, laugh or holler, give or withhold, reach out or clam up, all of that is our legacy. All of that informs the kind of mark we make, and what we leave behind.
So in that moment I saw that my gift is just my very me-ness. And it occurred to me to wonder why I struggle so much with lack of self-confidence. Because in that moment, I also saw that I am fucking amazing.
As are we all.
Lovely. Just as you are lovely.
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