Wednesday, March 5, 2014
You Ever Actually TRY Hot Sauce?
Some one is going to tell you that you're not good enough. They're not lying.
Hear me out! You are NOT special, or more important than anyone else. You are unique. You're DNA, finger prints, etc. mean that we can quantifiably determine that you are unique. BUT you are not special. The world does not owe you a darn thing. If anything you owe it! You are a divine child of infinite worth. So is everyone else around you. Which means that the one thing you owe the universe is to suck it up and lead a miraculously beautiful life worthy of such awesomeness. You owe the world around you every act of kindness and service you give. You owe it to the others around you to lift them up and help them see that they too are wonderfully beautiful. You owe it to the universe to leave a mark that adds to the painting. You do not need to be, nor have you earned the right, to be the only brush stroke on the canvas. That's a boring way to live life anyway. Who wants to be all alone? Life becomes wonderful and worth living because we surround ourselves with the variety of humanity that lives on the face of this earth. We become significant because of the care we use towards each person who enters our circle of influence. Because you are not special you will not be handed any of these opportunities. You will have to work very hard and earn everything you've got. Nothing is free. Everything has a price; and that price is the choice you make to either work and become better, or lay down and wait for life to hand you something you haven't earned. You will think this ideal is a curse until you realize that you have learned something very few people understand, and fewer people are willing to use in their favor. Life is magnificent! In all it's shapes and colors and flavors, and sounds, and smells. The more of them we invite into our area of service the more we enrich ourselves. It is in the act of losing yourself to the service of others we are found. . . whole. . . alive . . . and most importantly happy. You will have people tell you that you are not good enough, and that is ok. You don't need to be good enough for that. You DO need to be good enough to serve. Find what you are good at and let that be your brush stroke on the canvas of life. Let your stroke sing in harmony with the other brush strokes around you to create the most glorious of images! You will not be good at everything, but you are good for something. Wear your shoes out in service, and feel your heart swell beyond it's capacity with love. Enjoy being horrible at something, and know that it's more than ok. You are good enough to be yourself. Own who you are and what you ARE good at. You will be pleased when you allow what you are not good at to slip away, and focus on the things you are good at. These things will be your service and legacy to the world. It will be all the work and sweat and tears that you poor into this service that will be your gift. Try all the things you are not good enough for. Try them at least once. Then you will know how to best serve those around you. Variety is the spice of life, and not being good at everything makes you a better person.
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