Every human being is born with some sort of gift, an inclination or an instinct that can become a full-blown mastery. We may not see our gift for what it is. Having seen it we may choose not to accept the gift and its consequences for our lives. Or, having claimed our gift, we may not be willing to do the hard work necessary to nurture it. But none of these evasions can alter the fact that the gift is ours. Each of us is a master at something, and part of becoming fully alive is to discover and develop our birthright competence.
Parker Palmer writes this and it has me once again pondering the whole idea of what we are given by God and the false pride, or lie, that says we shouldn't be bold with it.
What are the gifts that are my "birthright competence"? What are the gifts that I am afraid to hold out and use and enjoy being a master at? There are gifts that I fully know and am enjoying the fully alive breath they breathe into my life. For this I am grateful and thankful. For what is yet to be uncovered, discovered and nurtured I am grateful. And I am grateful that as I seek the energy for the hard work necessary for the nurturing, that there is no limit to the supply I can tap into with the Almighty.
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