Showing posts with label talent. Show all posts
Showing posts with label talent. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Be Incredible




Are you doing the most?

If someone came to this country to make a new life for themselves and they possessed all that you had – brains, beauty / good looks, family, talent, experience, education, love, wisdom, friends, material things, knowledge of purpose – would they be doing what you’re doing?

Or would they be doing the most?

What are YOU doing with all you’ve been given?

Someone would gladly trade their circumstances for yours.

My dad was a brilliant cook. He would look in my nearly bare cupboard and say, “Let’s see…syrup, rice, mushrooms, tuna – oh yeah! We’ve got a meal here!”

I would think he was crazy but then he’d create a delicious masterpiece.

What I saw as lacking or not enough he saw as opportunity.

If you don’t know what to do with what you have, what you’ve been given, what you’ve been born with, what you’ve learned and experienced – ask someone on the outside. Ask them a hypothetical question. “What would you do if you were a brilliant, handsome, creative, engineer who loved trains?”

Their answer will probably be simple. They’d be doing the most.

It's time to start being incredible (and stop making excuses!).

Constantly Thinking…

Monday, February 10, 2014

2014 New Year's Resolution #1 - No Pearls to Pigs!


"Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces. (Matthew 7:6)

This scripture says to me that there truly are some dogs and some pigs that I need to avoid. People I shouldn't work for, men I shouldn't date, folks I don't need to be friends with.

I tend to be very open and giving, sometimes naively so. I have trustingly, yet foolishly, entered into some relationships with dogs - and given them what is sacred (my heart, mind and body). I've naively entered into business partnerships with swine - and given them my pearls (my gifts, talents and time).

Discernment is key. God gave me these gifts - gifts of love, talent, joy, intelligence, beauty, humor, compassion. He expects me to treat them as such - "gifts" - and use discernment when sharing them with or giving them to others.

I not only have a responsibility and an accountability to Him but to myself to use discernment. That's my primary area of growth this year.

My #1 New Year's Resolution: Use discernment before entering into a relationship (business or personal).