Every person enters the world with a gift to share with other people. An essential part of being human is to discover your gift.
This will occur naturally during the years of being a child. Children need an open space around them to support the natural process of discovering their gifts. Unfortunately, most children grow up in closed spaces with an emphasis on being the best. Most children are surrounded by the judgment, evaluation, rating, ranking, and competition. Only a few can be the best. Not so with the path of gifts. Every child has a gift to share without exception.
Now a gift is not a talent or something that makes you better than someone else. A gift is a deep expression of who you really are.
Someone's gift may be to be a healer, a teacher, an opener of possibilities, a connector, a truth teller, a witness, a reminder, a unifier. There are thousands upon thousands of gifts. Now someone's gift may be to be a teacher and she may never teach in a classroom. Someone may be a healer and she may never be in a healing profession. Someone may be a talented musician and his gift is helping people see one another.
Gifts are made for sharing. When someone stands in the middle of his or her gift and shares it with others we say they are walking in the light. They shine very brightly in a way that nourishes and heals others.
Many adults travel through their lives and have not discovered their gifts. There is a great sadness that many leave their bodies never discovering and sharing their gifts with others. This is a loss for everyone.
In your adult life gifts are discovered through finding your qualities, your passion, your resonance. Your gift is also found through sharing, helping, nourishing others without attachment.
If you wish to discover your gift, please consider the following:
1. Honor yourself by believing you have a gift.
2. Ask yourself these questions – “How do I help people? How do I naturally help people? What is a passion that I am drawn to that might help others?”
3. Begin to work directly with qualities. – Discover what qualities are yours to share and what qualities you would like to cultivate. Ask the question: "What quality would I most like to share with other people?'
4. Spend time with others who are passionate about helping people. Often by working with others who are passionate or who are sharing their gifts it will help you in your discovery process.
5. Explore your passions — what do you feel attracted to that might be of service to others?
6. Keep a journal specific to your actions about discovering your gifts.
Gifts are made for sharing. Gifts nourish others. Gifts are an expression of your true being. Gifts create a warm, inviting, glowing light. Gifts are often linked to helping. Gifts are the expression and sharing of a perfect quality with others. Gifts are always nourishing.
Remember discovering your gift is not a problem to solve, nor can anyone tell you what your gift is.
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