You are SO much more.
I probably don’t know you in person. Chances are we’ve never met. Yet I know something about you. Something that sits in the dark corners of your mind, that calls to you in the quiet times, and that won’t let you rest.
I’d be willing to be that you are an amazing person.
Why do I say this? Because I’ve seen so many people who can suddenly manifest so much more in their lives, with just a few changes, just a tweak here or there.
And if you’re reading this, I think you know what I’m saying is true.
I truly believe, deep in my soul, that we all come with gifts that we can use to enrich both our own lives and the lives around us. I’ve been blessed to associate with people who have found their gift, and are using it to give back to the world in incredible ways.
A friend of mine built a fitness company from his garage into a multimillion dollar business, and now uses his own plane to fly people across the country for life saving medical care.
Another friend who has turned her passion for caring about others into what can only be described as a super-power, and has improved the quality of so many lives by her example and her work.
I don’t know exactly what your gift is, but I’ll tell you that you have it. Maybe it’s buried deep in your soul, and hasn’t been unearthed yet. Maybe it’s there under the surface, and you haven’t managed to bring it out yet, but it’s there. It’s waiting for you to step into your power and become who you were born to be.
The real secret of your power is that when you give it to the world, you’ll lose your own worries in a desire to serve others. Maybe you don’t feel that way right now, but I know it’s there.
For me, writing these reflections has become my passion, my service, and a way for me to make a difference in the world.
Muhammad Ali said that “our service to others is the rent we pay for our room here on earth”. I believe that with all my heart.
Your super power doesn’t have to change the world. Most of ours don’t, and that’s ok, because most of the good in the world is done one soul at a time. Personally, intimately, caringly and kindly.
If you haven’t found it yet, please keep searching and serving. I promise you, there will come a day when you find that you have lost track of time, of worries and of all your concerns in the pursuit of serving others with your own inimitable power.
Then you’ll understand what I already know about you.
You’re amazing. You always have been, and always will be.
-- Dr. Alan Barnes
@maddrbmusings