Dark Side of the Light Chasers: Reclaiming your power, creativity, brilliance, and dreams

With everyone giving you different messages about what a magnificent castle should look like, it became much easier to listen to them than to trust your inner voice: the one that loved your entire castle.

If you want to manifest your full potential you have to reclaim the parts of yourself that you've denied, hidden, or given away to others.

It is only when you're lying to yourself or hating some aspect of yourself that you'll get an emotional charge from someone else's behavior.

You deserve to have whatever it is you see and truly desire. The only difference between you and the people you idolize is that they are manifesting one of the qualities you desire and probably fulfilling their dreams.

And I can choose to replace my old negative interpretation with a new positive interpretation.

Simply make a commitment to live up to your full potential. Live in the moment, and the universe will show you your unique gifts. Your commitment will guide you to the places you need to go, the books you need to read, and the people who will assist and teach you.

For some reason, I had always believed that downplaying the best parts of myself made me a better person.

It's the person who makes a plan of action, the person who writes a mission statement. The person who commits. This is the road to a more enlightened life, to living the truth.

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