No More Shrinking from Success — Spread Your Wings and Fly

by | Dec 31, 2022 | Main

a buzzard with spread wings

“There’s something I haven’t told you,” said the horse. “What’s that?,” said the boy? “I can fly, but I stopped because it made other horses jealous.” (The Boy, The Mole, The Fox, and the Horse, C. Mackey)

Hiding. We’ve all done it. Our reasons are vast, but the damage is real. Maybe it’s because of the jealousy of others. Perhaps it’s the fear that our success will make others uncomfortable. We’ve all shrunk back for fear of something. Fear that we will not be accepted. Fear that will be judged more critically. Fear that we will not be good enough. So … we shrink … and we are made small.

As we wrap up 2022 and embark upon a new year full of possibility, where are you shrinking back? Where have you allowed the thoughts, opinions, criticisms, and judgements of others stop you short of your full potential?

Let’s determine to make this next year one where we will be fully free to be who we were created to be .. not made small by the lies that make us less.

Written By Jon Plotner

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