THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE… Part 2

I was talking to my wife this morning about the stance Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall has taken about chickens, and the fact that Jamie Oliver, the friendly face of Sainsbury’s, has publicly supported him against the supermarkets. These guys are two great example of shining your light and what you can achieve by doing so.

Jamie, who could so easily have been just been another Essex kitchen worker that no one had ever heard of, followed his passion and was discovered by a producer making a film about the River Cafe. He never tried to clean up his image for TV, he just was himself, followed and shared his passion, and was hugely successful as a result. Rather than just sitting back, feeling complacent and racking in the ‘dosh’, he continued to follow his heart and worked to give others the chance he felt so lucky to have recieved. He set up his Fifteen Project to give youngsters who had a tough life the chance that he had had, and then championed the health of the nation’s kids with his school dinners campaign.

So here is a young man (early 30s), who has changed his world simply by being and sharing himself and his values. So, what lessons can we learn from his story? I think it is that you can be more successful than you ever dreamed of if you don’t give into fear (of failure, of being different, of being ridiculed etc) and let your light shine*!
So often, we give up before we even start, because ‘everyone’ knows that it is bound to fail..

When we fully express our truths, when we fully show who we are and what we care about we are incredibly powerful. The Universe aligns itself with our own internal alignment and supports us; surely with all of this going for us it is worth taking a risk?

Go on… give it a go! Good Luck and let me know how it goes…

“Our life is composed greatly from dreams, from the unconscious, and they must be brought into connection with action. They must be woven together.” Anais Nin

“Only as high as I reach can I grow, only as far as I seek can I go, only as deep as I look can I see, only as much as I dream can I be.” A Karen Ravn

*(For those who didn’t read it, see yesterday’s blog.)

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