By Jim Koury, Seeker of Inspirational Forces
© 2015 James R. Koury. All Rights Reserved.
As we progress through our lives certain situations are presented to us that are meant to teach us invaluable lessons about ourselves. However, the value of the lesson is dependent upon our willingness to embrace the knowledge to be gained from the experience. By living the lesson learned and implementing it in our daily lives it creates self-assuredness and confidence. We are propelled forward to decisive victories that bring us one step closer to unison with our higher selves,
There are times however, where we feel we are trapped by our circumstances at the moment or we just feel like we are stagnating and not really moving forward and are simply roaming in nowhere. However, while it may not seem like it, It is at this time that the most personal growth and self-reflection is occurring.
A friend of mine posted the following quote on my Facebook wall that really rang true with me,
“Sometimes you find yourself in the middle of nowhere and sometimes in the middle of nowhere you find yourself.”
This quote made me realize even more the importance of using these times of “nowhereness” to our advantage by capitalizing on our gifts that we were born with. To do so will bring us closer to finding ourselves and knowing our higher selves. But I hear some of you saying, “But I have no gifts.” This is an erroneously false statement!
We all have gifts that we utilize each and every day that we were born with and into which we place all our heart and soul. The issue lays with recognizing the gifts and deciding to use them to our advantage to become the best person we can become.
Whatever the gift may be – healing, tarot, intuitive thought, art, writing – we must make a decision to use it to better those around us as well as help others realize their importance in society. To not do so will create a degree of internal conflict that will be ever present until we consciously decide to embrace our gifts and use them to make the world a better place for all human kind.
So while it may appear that we are wallowing in a void of nothingness and feel like we are in the middle of nowhere with no visible clear direction in sight, it is our feelings of loss and confusion during this time that will bring forth many of the answers we seek. We must explore all facets of ourselves and decide which of our gifts we are to focus on the most and will, as a result, be the predominant force and overriding energy in all that we undertake.
Do not lament your period of time in the land of nowhere. Seize it, live it, and explore things you would never have thought of doing before. It is a time that the universe accords all of us to enjoy ourselves a bit more and to use the creative energy that is within us all to the benefit of the broader good.
All we must do is simply decide to awaken to our gifts with a humbled heart, and play a role in bettering society for all its people for generations to come. Awaken today…
When we think we *know* what we are meant to be doing, we go about it with intense focus and often don't look around us with clarity at our world and the others in our world. It is during those times of silence and quiet (what we call being lost and stuck) in our journey that we remember who we truly are, why we are here and that we are humans BEING and the best way to be is always to give of yourself. We all have gifts. We just have to remember and rediscover them. Powerful writing my friend!
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