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Imagine a shy peacock who gets flushed red with embarrassment at the thought of proudly displaying his feathers. The effect is lost if he tentatively spreads out his wares. He must be confident and bold if he wants to properly use the equipment that the creator gave him. Indeed getting a mate depends upon him exploiting this primary resource to the fullest. Since the precise purpose of those feathers is to draw as much attention to him as possible, he mustn’t try to be inconspicuous. But he must walk a razor’s edge with his ego. He could view the whole matter shallowly as though beauty were only a matter of plumage and strut. Then he would merely lift up his feathers vainly, as if only to say look at me, me, me because it’s all about me, me, me. But this attitude will send out the wrong signal, and cause him to fail in achieving his purpose. Authentic beauty requires more than ego expression. The peacock expressing himself in his own original way with full confidence is automatically attractive, no need for an extra push from the ego. No matter what he physically looks like he will be beautiful when he expresses himself from an honest place within. A spell casting charm will emerge. Our predicament is the shy peacock’s predicament. We are shy about expressing ourselves where shyness must be overcome. We are self-conscious where remaining self-conscious is not an option if we want a spiritual life. Boldness and confidence are what we must tap if we want to grow and attract the people and experiences that are worth attracting. This means that each of us must continually take our turn at being the butt of the ongoing cosmic joke. We must enjoy being the recipient of the proverbial “pie in the face’. Playing the role requires putting ourselves in uncomfortable circumstances where we must risk, feel dumb, or incompetent while on display. And though it appears playing this role remains a life long condition for learning and growth, skill in self expression does come, we do learn to show our plumage in all its glory, to strut our stuff, to find what is within us that we are meant to give voice to and to share.