Waiting for permission

To be extraordinary we often feel the need to wait for permission.

One published poet once told me the way to make it in poetry is to win a few poetry competitions by checking out the type of poetry that the judges write and imitating it - then you will gradually start to get known.

Basically - sell your soul to the validaters for their acceptance and approval - then you will make it!

Get validation from parents, coaches, teachers, peers, managers.

We get a confidence boost when someone encourages us or tells us that we are capable of achieving.

We win an award and feel that now we are ready to conquer.

Letters after our name and certificates makes us feel as though our life is meaningful.

What is interesting is to check those people who are validating our life what gives them power other than our own need for assurance?

Is it like the Wizard of Oz?

We already have within us the potential to be extraordinary - we just need to actualize it through cultivating compassion not wait for others to valid it based on their criteria...