Not Just Living, but Thriving

Few things in life make me so happy than to see people begin to not just live, but thrive in life. These are typically people that pause to see how the clues in their life: passions, childhood activities, dormant talents, urges they are denying, their life stories all lead to defining how uniquely gifted they are in life. They discover that no one can paint, write, sing, lead, plan, or speak as they can because no one has had the exact life and natural talents that they have. It gives us fear to finally say "aha! I finally know who you really are and what you are here to do!" when looking in the mirror. It takes courage to have this revelation, because once we do, once we really believe what is starring in front of our eyes, life is no longer the same.

HeyJules from "Faith or Fiction?" just had such a moment, and I'm really happy for her. She said...

"I hereby discard what I once thought of as myself and replace it now with this:

I am a Christian.

I am a writer.

I am a photographer.

I am a woman, a sister, a child and an adult.

I am an animal lover.

I am a good and faithful friend.

I draw and paint my pictures with words, with sentences, and with paragraphs.

I paint this world with my photographs and with my vision.

I am an artist and I work for God."

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Comments

[Marie cecile]

Hector thank you for you comment, I like Jonah's story too, and this one, I just read it. You have a beautiful gift for writing.

[Valerie]

I'm happy for Jules, too. She's such an inspiration!

[Lorna]

and you :) Who are you Hector?

[Argent]

It has been such a long road to self-undestanding for me. I've found in my daily rosary prayers that the more I pray it, the deeper my love for Our Lady grows and in turn, the sweeter my love for Jesus grows. My understanding of the Incarnation in turn helps me understand myself...that submission and obedience to Christ leads me to a fuller appreciation of the Father's excellency. And in loving God more deeply, I find that I am content and at peace whatever the situation arises to test me.

One of my favorite hymns is "O Love, how deep, how broad, how high..." (click on this link to sing it with the cyberorgan: http://www.oremus.org/hymnal/o/o474.html). Anyway, it expresses that connection between gratitude and contentment.