What's Your Story?

My workshop today was just amazing!  I showed a video of Nick Vujicic.  He is a motivational speaker who was born without arms or legs.  What an inspiration!  You can find the link to the video in the upper left side of this blog.

In viewing his video he spoke of writing a book.  Something I, myself, aspire to do.  This led me to think about our lives as our own book, our own story.  So in your story of life are you sitting comfortably in whatever space you occupy, having your life story read to you?  Are you reading the book waiting in suspense to see what will happen next?  Or are you the author; writing each chapter deciding each step of the way what will happen, who will be involved and where the story will finish?

I encourage you to take charge of your life.  Become your own author, write your own story so that you have choices in the outcome.  I do believe that we have what some call destiny for our lives.  I also believe that we sometimes make choices that lead us in a direction different from where we were intended to be.  That is ok.  Even with that, we can find our way past the detour - learning and growing as we go along.  This just gives us more experiences, more tools to use on the path that we are intended to be on. 

Take notice of most 'motivational speakers'.  What are they talking about, what tools are they using to get their message across?  They are using their own experiences often, but not always, challenging.  It seems the more we are challenged the more we learn.  That in part gives us more knowledge and information to share.  So, all of our life experiences be they good or bad can certainly be used to the betterment of the human race.

So go ahead, write your own story.  Take your challenges and successes and use them to guide and strengthen those around you.  That may be in a public forum, much like my workshop, or in a private setting while having coffee with a friend who needs a listening ear.  We can't tell people what to do and make them do it.  But we CAN share that which we know to help make a difference.

Until next time!

Val