The Hope Diamond.
I have a sign above my front door that reads ‘I will be brilliant’. It occurred to me the other day that my friends and comrades might wonder about my ego whilst leaving my home. Of course, I put it up to inspire myself. I’m dilligently working on positive self-talk these days. And I like the word ‘brilliant’, but not in the American sense. The Outside World has a slightly different, and more authentic use of the word in casual conversation that I particularly like. Brilliant – like the way jewels are brilliant. Bright and sparkly and precious. Illustrious. Not a bad list of goals for an aspiring author. Somehow in America brilliant always equates with smart – which is just as well. But I like to think of myself as brilliant – and I don’t mean smart. I mean really, that would be arrogant. I just think I’m bright, sparkly and precious.
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