“From the time we begin school, if not sooner, we are taught to be blind to our assets and only see our deficits. We are carefully marked on how many we got wrong on a test and, rarely if ever, asked how we know how to spell the ones we got right. By the time we are adults, we are well versed in every one of our limitations, skilled in our incompetence.
Aristotle said that one’s purpose is merely a matter of knowing where one’s talents and the needs of the world intersect.”
Cultivating, developing and setting free one’s gifts is essential to fulfilling living one’s life on purpose.
Quote from: I WILL NOT DIE AN UNLIVED LIFE Reclaiming Purpose and Passion by Dawna Markova
REFLECTION:
- What are your talents/assets?
- What talents do you have that can intersect with what the world needs? Are you using your assets fully? If not, how can you use them more fully?
- Think of two people in your life (maybe even 5). Identify their talents? Do something to let them know their assets today (tell them, write them a letter, call them, etc.)