| Who you really are is a soul. The soul uses the mind | | | | However, as you begin the journey to express your |
| as its instrument to navigate through the world of form. | | | | gifts, you will encounter obstacles. This adversity itself |
| And the soul itself is a spark of God, or the | | | | is a gift. It exists as an opportunity to overcome some |
| awareness of all that is, was, and will be. | | | | personal limitation. It is an invitation to reach for a better |
| In this experience of being a person, one who is utterly | | | | answer. Those who can find the gift in adversity have |
| unique, with no one else like you, you may wonder | | | | also found the doorway to their success. |
| about your gifts. | | | | What really helps, after you identify your gifts and |
| Your first gift, of course, is simply being alive. It is the | | | | design your dream, is to have a very clear picture of |
| gift of awareness. However, you also have gifts of | | | | who you are, what you want, and how you can |
| mind, unique perceptions, strengths and talents that | | | | benefit the world. The more detailed your picture, the |
| others do not have in the same way. | | | | more expansive, the more joyful will be the dream that |
| When you focus on these gifts, you feel empowered. | | | | you will one day live. |
| When you focus on what you didn't get, you feel | | | | Success begins with a clear, focused picture of your |
| disempowered. You have a choice: focus on what is | | | | end result. |
| unique and special to you and feel empowered or | | | | Action alone, without vision, is often dissipated as you |
| focus on what you do not have that other people | | | | pursue petty goals that do not ennoble your spirit. On |
| appear to have and feel disempowered. | | | | the contrary, a clear vision followed by relentless |
| Wisdom, of course, would suggest that you enhance | | | | action, a courageous spirit, and the willingness to learn |
| your strengths. While it may be necessary to work on | | | | what you need to know, will create for you a life that |
| a few weaknesses, your best life will come when you | | | | will lead others to stare in envy. |
| can make your strengths even more compelling and | | | | In a funny way, life is not that complex. Ask for what |
| impressive. You will experience more healing by | | | | you want, and be prepared to receive it. Everything |
| reinforcing what already works than trying to fix all | | | | starts to unfold once you perceive your gifts: the gift |
| your apparent lacks and limitations. | | | | of life, the gift of your unique talents, the gift of your |
| The purpose of your life is to find fulfillment. It is not to | | | | vision, and the gift in the adversity that makes you |
| survive, but to thrive. And your purpose will become | | | | grow to fit your vision. If you just keep asking for what |
| clear to you when you examine your gifts and | | | | you want that is what you will start getting. |
| discover ways to offer them to the world. | | | | Now discover your strengths. Take a few moments |
| Your talents will design your dream. | | | | to begin accepting your spiritual nature and healing your |
| All of us are talented in some unique way, and none of | | | | life with this awareness. Once you discover your |
| us are perfect, but we don't need to be perfect to live | | | | strengths, you can play to your strengths and start |
| a happy and fulfilling life following and expressing our | | | | living the life that you deserve. |
| special dream. | | | | |