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Today's
Meditation:
My
identity is already within me, waiting patiently to be
exposed to the light of the world. My identity is
truly unique, and it will shine forth as long as I let it
shine forth. One of the most important ways that I
can let it do so is by committing myself to things that
truly matter to me so that I can give more of my passion
and my abilities to whatever it is I'm committed to.
I
recently took a year to live in the Grand Canyon. In
order to do this, I had to take a job that wasn't in my
chosen field of teaching. Needless to say, while I
was working at the lodges at the Canyon, I wasn't doing
work that helped me to uncover my own identity. I
gave all I could to the work and I learned a lot from it,
but I didn't identify with it. Once I began teaching
again, though, I immediately started to feel differently
about myself and my life, for I was committed to something
that was in line with who I am and what I have to
contribute to the world.
Some
of us are businesspeople. Some are soldiers, some
are customer service oriented, and some are cashiers or
teachers or carpenters or landscapers. And all are
great professions, as long as we're committed to something
that helps us to discover our true, authentic identity in
the midst of so many different ways of living and
being. Only in committing ourselves fully to
something can we discover our own identity-- a half-hearted
commitment will lead us only to a glimpse of who we are
behind the facades that we've learned to put up over the
years.
You
have a unique identity, but sometimes it doesn't shine
through because you don't identify with something-- a hobby
or profession or ideals-- to which you're able to commit
yourself fully. Without that commitment, things stay
inside of us, never let out and never exposed to the light
of the world. And the light of the world is exactly
what it needs to see in order to be able to grow and
develop and thrive!
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