Living to Share Your Gifts

Enjoy a few deep breathes and take a moment to arrive in the now. I hope that you can perceive the peace, joy and relaxation that exist in this moment. Let yourself just be for a few minutes, without worrying about the past or planning for the future.

For the last few years I have been working jobs here and there to pay for my travels and to continue this life of exploration and self/world investigation. I have always enjoyed the jobs that have come my way, but have never felt that I had discovered what I wanted to commit myself to for a long time. I have always felt that what I was doing was for the time being. It has been an interesting journey over the years in which I receive little pieces here and there that are slowly revealing my life’s purpose and heart’s desires. I have always had this fear in me that I would choose a job or commit to something that I wouldn’t like and be stuck in it. It has always been a deep fear and belief of an association with work=suffering and struggle. In the world we live in it is absolutely prevalent that so many people hate their jobs and suffer through every day that they have to go to work. I am discovering this part in me that has always run away from commitment because of this fear in me of ending up trapped.

Many people in this world are not enjoying their jobs because they are not living in their purpose. People have chosen heir life’s work due to the wrong reasons. We are pushed right from high school into university, into choosing our life’s path without ever really having the opportunity to discover what our passions are. We suffer because we are not doing what we consider to be a valuable purpose for living. We haven’t had the chance to really discover our talents and allow them to cultivate and grow. Everyone is born with certain talents and ways in which they can bring love and light to the world. If you begin to share your talent with others, you are going to be filled with so much love and joy that you will automatically be successful in what you are doing. People will be attracted to your joy and want to be around you as you share because of this love that you put into what you are doing. You will be happy because you are doing what you love and receiving an income for it. Other people will be happy because you are sharing joy and love with them.

It seems to be a very simple equation….do what you love and you will be successful. If you love teaching you should teach. If you love to draw you should draw. If you love to play music you should play music. If you love law you should be a lawyer. Visualize a world in which everyone loves the job that they do!!! Visualize a life in which you love the job you do (if you don’t already…if you do…just be grateful you have found this grace!)
I invite you to look at your life and honestly ask yourself if you are living in your passion and sharing your gifts with the world. If the answer is no, then ask in which ways you can open yourself up to sharing your gifts and make changes in your present job situation. I understand for many it may not be possible to just drop your normal job to take up a new career path, but look at ways you may share your gifts in your present job or with others in social situations or through volunteering. This will help you to begin to enjoy a job that you normally dislike. It will help you to bring light and love into a place where there may be a lot of darkness. It will also help you to become happier by sharing your passion. You would be surprised by the difference that you can make in your workplace and community…..even when you may believe that nobody else will accept it. Just remember that if you aren’t happy at the job….they probably aren’t either…and you can either sit and suffer through the same monotony, change jobs, OR bring positive change and begin to share your talents with your open heart . Try it and see what happens. Please let me know the results!!!

I felt inspired to write about life’s purpose, talents and jobs because I am starting a new adventure into co-creating a path for myself and my talents. It is with discovering my talents and the realization of my fears preventing me from living my talents that I am now able to go beyond and open myself up to sharing what I love and make a living. I am presently merging together my loves of travel, outdoor adventure and spirituality into the creation of “culture, nature, consciousness excursions.” This concept trip is the perfect balance of what travel should be. It is me putting together my talents, experience and world connections into the ideal means for me to share with you (and whoever else you know that might be interested in a life changing adventure.) The initial trips will be in India and then later merge to the WORLD! Hehe. The time between trips (like now) I will spend in the States and Thailand teaching yoga, meditation, Reiki, and running outdoor adventure/meditation fusion retreats. The space I am presently teaching at in Koh Yao Noi, Thailand is a space of much love and light and will continue to grow as a center for retreats, yoga intensives, healing and amazing outdoor adventure. It is all about this fusion approach to spirituality, travel and self development/knowledge.
Thank you so much for your continuing support and love! I wish each of you so much peace, love, transformation and strength in sustaining an open heart. I wish you the insight and courage to discover and share your talents with the world!