"Something we were witholding made us weak until we found out it was ourselves."

Robert Frost

What is it about Greatness that makes it so difficult for many of us to embrace and accept?  Most people spend their lives searching and striving for that thing or person that is going to make everything easier, better, complete, you name it.  At the same time, when we search for the answer outside of ourselves, we deny a greater truth inside of ourselves.  We deny that we have the answer all along. 

We are the answer we've been looking for. 

Greatness is not something that exists outside of ourselves.  It's not contingent upon who we know or what we do.  Yes, these things are important.  Yes, they add value.  But the big idea here is that you are already great.  The need to go about fixing yourself and making things right is an illusion.  And it is the awareness of that illusion that is the first step to greatness.  When we see through our smoke screens, we can see more clearly who we already are.