I believe that all human beings are given a gift from God. A gift that is to be shared with the world. A gift that a person may not even know they have, but a gift that will show itself in many small ways during a person’s lifetime.
This gift will resonate inside a person and come out as a passionate interest or activity. Unfortunately, many of us go through our lives not paying attention to this internal process, for sometimes the world we live in gets in the way. Our fears and doubts about ourselves can be a barrier to acknowledging and celebrating our gift. This special gift each of us has may be what helps us get through the hard times we experience. That was the case for me.
I have always had writing as part of my life. When growing up in a chaotic household I used writing to get myself to another place. I wrote stories about experiences I wanted to happen, places I wanted to be, and people I wished were in my life. Eventually I became an adult and still found that writing, in one form or another was important and meaningful to me.
As a business person, mostly in sales and marketing, I used my writing skills to create business plans and compose proposals for increasing my customer base. When I was finally able to attend college late in life, I looked forward to the class writing assignments and I always preferred essay type tests over multiple-choice examinations. As a college professor I enjoyed reading my students’ essays and helping them improve their writing skills.
Over the years, decades really, my daughter has heard me say I am supposed to write. I do believe it is my gift, my talent, or my whatever you want to call it. Writing literally may have saved my life, or at least my sanity, growing up so I feel I need to honor this gift today and pursue different writing opportunities. Thus, I started this blog a couple of years ago.
However, I keep putting off the writing; I do not know why but I do. I start many writing projects but do not always finish them. I have many ideas and many potential articles on my computer. I know that being successful in writing begins with, you guessed it, writing! Getting started with writing will lead to more writing, will lead to better writing, will lead to good writing, may even lead to great writing. Therefore, I need to get started. But will I?
What is your gift? How will your gift benefit the world? How will using your gift benefit you?
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