claiming our talents

Yesterday at church, I had a book signing form "Sacred Secrets." It is a collection of essays in response to the "Secret" published by Unity and I have an essay in it.  I found myself wanting to discount the importance and impact of it. Thankfully, there was someone who spoke up and called me on it. She asked that I claim my gift and the impact my writing has on people as an example for all of us.  I am not sure why it is so difficult for us to claim our gifts and our successes but I heard her when she said that I was modeling that. I get it that we are all modeling things. So, here and now I commit to claiming my gifts and my successes and to acknowledge that what I do, particularly my writing, impacts others.