Find your Power

I have two sets of Girl Scouts who are going to try to get their Bronze and Silver awards this year.  This involves independent community based service projects.  When they choose their teams they need to think about what they can bring to the team and what the others on the team can bring.  There are a few girls who will not make phone calls but they can make posters.  There are girls that will not speak in front of a crowd but they can help plan.  Each girl is learning that just because one person can do something it doesn't mean that the other girls who CAN'T do it are not good or have nothing to give to the team...they have other talents and that is ok.

I think we get caught up in what we can't do (or what we want to have that we don't) and we don't notice what we CAN do.  We fail to recognize our strengths and we focus (ALOT) on our weaknesses.  That isn't  good for your own sense of self and its not good for those around you.  Chances are if you have good friends surrounding you they know what you can't do and they accept it for who you are.  They build up your strengths.  They see you as an equal and they want to see you succeed.  If all you do when you are with them is talk about what you can't do or what you don't have chances are they will let you complain but they are sad that you can't see what your strengths are and what you have.

On the other side of the coin are those people who have the talents and they ignore them.  They say that what they are good at isn't anything important or they fail to realize that they even have a talent.  They can wallow in delusion and self pity because they are not happy and they can't understand why.  They don't recognize the power inside of themselves and they will not change.  This can be a dangerous combination. People like that can infect the crowd around them and then everyone will feel the sadness of what they haven't been able to achieve.

Everyone's path is different.  Sometimes we are able to walk with people for a long time on the same path.  Sometimes its just for a few feet before life changes and we separate.  That is how life is.  The people that you meet on your path are really special.  They may have a lesson or story to give you and you may have something they need.  You are together while you are working it out and giving each other advice and love.  When you move on it can be sad ("I can't believe that she just doesn't understand me anymore, we used to be such good friends!") but maybe its time that you move on too.  There are always other people around the corner willing to help and embrace you but you have to be open to it.  Of course there is a chance that you could chase them away but there is a possibility that you will find something really special after all.

Embrace who you are.  Embrace what you have to give to the world.  Recognize your power.
In turn, do this for everyone that you meet.
Happiness is this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwAYpLVyeFU&feature=youtu.be