Use Your Talents NOW

Your spiritual development unfolds in a timely fashion, blossoming with a special uniqueness complete with talents   and gifts that only you can bring to the world. Oftentimes these “one of a kind qualities” are buried deep within our beings afraid to come out and stand on their own.  It’s like these traits are timid and shy almost afraid of the light of day…scared of being rejected by the judgmental masses.   Too often we are pulled down the road of conformity following the herd, marching in step with the “herd mentality”.

At lunch in Sedona one day I noticed a beautiful aged women with a lock of  her gray hair fashionably pulled on top of her head secured with a bright pink flower.  That flower matched her pink and purple outfit complete with pink shoes.  She sat alone soaking up the red mountain beauty in the al fresco restaurant, sipping her soup and enjoying her burger.  I sensed a “woman of wisdom” .

BE A TRENDSETTER RATHER THAN A FOLLOWER

As she gathered her belongings to leave I had to reach out to her feeling her warmth and kindness.  I commented on her bright colorful outfit as she walking by our table.  Her eyes twinkled  and a board smile grew across her face.  She gave me  the morsel of wisdom that I was looking for. “At my age, she explained,  “you can be a trendsetter rather than a follower.”

Why do we feel that we have to wait until we age to be who we are meant to be?  Or maybe it takes most of our lives to figure out exactly who we are and what we are meant to be.  Why wait to put on the pink and don the flower?  Only you can sing your song.

I think if we lose the judgment, of ourselves and others, we could experience the freedom expressed in the saying,  “I gotta be me”!”  Each person is a unique gift to the world and only they fill that void.  So, don’t be afraid to swim against the current.  Don’t’ hesitate to enjoy yourself.  As my friend, Gail Larsen would advise, “Be yourself, everyone else is taken”.

What is one thing that is on your “bucket list?  Is there something that you can do to get it started?  Please comment and share below.