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Greetings!
Did you pick the right gift?
According to local myth, the Creator wrapped up several gifts and threw them down from the sky. Everyone picked one. Some people picked the right gift, and some did not.
How do you know you picked the right gift?
You recognise it as a gift, you are comfortable exercising it, you feel fulfilled when you are using your gift, you feel like you are on purpose.
If you picked the wrong gift, you don't feel this way. You feel out of sync, and generally dissatisfied with your life.
Recently, I listened to the Archbishop of Nairobi illustrate this idea with compelling humour. Growing up he didn't wear shoes, and so was excited when he saw, listed among things required to take to the seminary, 'a pair of shoes'. Still, he wasn't convinced that his father would buy him one. So when they got to the shop and the shopkeeper placed a shoe box on the counter, he grabbed it and ran off.
It was only later, at the seminary, that he realised the shoes did not fit. They were too big. Gamely, he tied up the laces as well as he could, securing them at the back of his legs. While it wasn't easy to walk, he did. And the rest, as they say, is history.
The question is, what do you do once you realise you picked the wrong gift? You can spend your life bemoaning this, or you can recognise the fact and move on with it. Who knows, this may be the path you are required to follow in order to get to your true gift.
Regards,
Jaki,
Lifecoach. Business coach. Speaker.
  
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