“I’m not sure what I’m going to do when I grow up?” Have you ever said that or a variation of it to yourself? I have, many times. I know people who know exactly what they’re about and they pursue it with vigor. In my experience what I’m doing seems to be an evolutionary process. I’m always learning, discovering, and adapting. My biggest problem is narrowing down my choices. Aristotle gives some guidance to those who share a similar experience with me. Aristotle wrote, “Where your talents and the needs of the world cross, there lies your vocation.” I think the search for our talents is ongoing, much like peeling an onion, layer by layer. We often are only seeing the tip of the iceberg. Never stop searching, evolve, dare to step into the unknown.
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Adapt to the Changes ~ Advice from Olympic Champion Mark Spitz
Life is ever changing, if you cease to change, you cease to live.
Mark Spitz
Thinking Out Loud ~ A Powerful Question: Who Am I?
Today’s Thinking Out Loud reflection is on Lewis Carroll’s work, Alice in Wonderland. Alice in Wonderland is available for free download from Project Gutenberg here.
“Let me think: was I the same when I got up this morning? I almost think I can remember feeling a little different. But if I’m not the same, the next question is, Who in the world am I? Ah, that’s the great puzzle!” And she began thinking over all the children she knew that were of the same age as herself, to see if she could have been changed for any of them.”
Note: Alice asks an important question: Who am I? Have you asked yourself that question? If we spend time reflecting on the question and allow ourselves to see and hear unpleasant truths, we have a chance to evolve the who we are into the who we want to become. I think we’re always evolving, we have a chance to choose the direction of our evolution. We can eventually evolve and allow ourselves to blossom into something spectacular.
