TAKE 2: The 12 Days of Illumination: Day 3
What is the highest and best use of your talents?
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Hey, you know that thing you do that people always seem to comment on, repeatedly rave about, and generally marvel at?
It’s probably something that comes so naturally and effortlessly to you that you take it for granted, brushing off any compliments. You assume it’s no big deal and that others can do it too.
They can’t.
Over and over again, I find that people don’t appreciate or acknowledge their inherent gifts.
They undervalue them because, unfortunately, they don’t see them as gifts at all. They mistakenly believe them to be mundane, unimportant, and run-of-the-mill and that they come easy to everyone else.
They don’t.
Today, I’d like you to take a few minutes to be more mindful and appreciative of your gifts, allowing the ones that perhaps you’ve pushed aside or ignored for years to rise to the surface of your awareness.
Embracing them and putting them to their highest and best use is the greatest gift you can give to the world—and yourself.
Shine on,
Amy
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