GIFTED as seen /and experienced, by (me!) Sandra, tvgp
Its important to review the meaning of this word.. To be 'gifted'. Vs. 'Talented'
Well, talent IS a gift... You do not look through a catalog, or at a menu and say,
"Yes.. I would like .. Architecture!". -where do I sign up? How much do I pay to obtain the desire, discipline, creative energy, the know-how to create...
Amazing public buildings! Museums! Bridges!"
-no.
That's not quite how it works.
Rather.. I believe we are both born with innate desires, talents
-gifts.
And! I believe also.. That even if we are not 'born' with...
But that at any given time throughout our life here.. At age 6 or 60 or 95..
We can 'receive'... Yes, as in suddenly receive; a gift.. The desire and talent and discipline required..
Out of nowhere! (It seems...). -there is plenty of evidence..
But for me.. It is not, 'out of nowhere... Suddenly..'
But rather it is definitely from somewhere; there IS a gift giving source...
This hit me especially hard just the other day. I have a writing project on my agenda.. I had no idea what structure; what framework..
I did not 'brainstorm'.. I never invested any time or energy wondering... I had it on my mental agenda that eventually I would need to 'come up with...'
As if I would have to come up with the idea -on my own...
Write down a long list of possibilities maybe.. Scratch out the worst, keep the top three.. Process of elimination kind of thing..
Or ask around .. See if anyone I know...
But! I didn't need to do any of that.. All I needed to do, it turns out,
Is...
RECEIVE it! ..IT came to me... I did NOT come up with IT.
I put my hands in the air.. "Thank you!... Who is helping me? Who just gifted me with that idea!? It is perfect, perfect, perfect... Thank you!"
-the perfect framework for which the entire project can be written and tied together in a beautiful! Inspiring! Fun and playful! Mentally stimulating kind of way..
I will take some credit now for the writing that's ahead.. I will have to sit down and stay open; let it pour.. And hash it out. Shape it up. there will be sweat, blood, tears.. Of joy.
But I will take NO credit whatsoever for the framework.. The idea.. The 6 word question that will allow me to write what I believe will be a very Inspiring and entertaining documentary.
It was a gift; given to (me!). I have been gifted with...
When I woke to the news yesterday that my Dr Maya Angelou had died..
I did ask and wonder... "Was it you?". ... Who is helping me?!... God? Jesus? A saint.. Group of deceased writers? Some kind neuroscientist with futuristic and philanthropic and telepathic powers?
That part I don't know. But "what I know for sure!". /always borrowing that line from Oprah..
What I know for sure! Is that I did not -come up with- the idea.
I received it. It was a gift. -for which I am very grateful.
And will end this post with this: in the practical, natural, physical world; the material world in which we live..
A gift is handed to you and then you unwrap and open it.
In the spiritual world.. Open first. -you must first be open.. And then can receive a gift.
Maybe its an idea.. Maybe an insight.. A burst of energy.. A spontaneous new way of seeing something; or, -someone.
Seems to (me!) The list of potential gifts is infinite in both type and quantity..
I will work soon on trying to articulate what it means to "stay open.."
Tricky.
Falls in the same category: "if you have had the experience, it needs no explaining. If you have not had the experience; -hard to explain..."
In gratitude and with love
To who or how many specifically I can't be sure. But
"Thank you!"
In Jesus name, amen.
posted by SHE @ 9:14 AM
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