Happy Wednesday my friend!
It is a cold and rainy, drizzly Wednesday here in Dallas. Brrrrrr. Not as cold as last week (when I swam in my pool surrounded by snow!) but still so cold I’ve almost forgotten what hot feels like! 🙂 (Which is saying a lot here in Texas! Hee Hee)
But the first thing I want to say today is a huge thanks to all who have purchased my ​Pickleball Devotional book​ I wrote about last week. Thank you!!! Your support means so much.
Anytime you put something out in the world, there is risk. When my son turns in his homework, there’s risk. His teacher may say he worked the formulas wrong, missed the point of the essay, or fell short somehow of the assignment.
And when we put things out there, we run the risk of negative response as well. Just because we’re not getting “graded” doesn’t mean we’re not running the risk.
So when I told you about my book I had FINALLY finished, I knew there was the risk of a negative response.
From you and my marvelous email friends, from my other friends, from the pickleball community at large…
and yet,
Aren’t we compelled to run the risk anyway? What good are all our gifts and talents if we’re not sharing them with the world?
When God created you, he created just ONE of you. Only you can offer to your family, your community, and the world, the special gifts that only you bring.
I have a friend who is a marvelous cook. She has honed her rough talent for pulling together family meals, into an art due to lots of training and practice. She blesses me with each tip she shares and each meal we enjoy.
I have another friend who teaches pickleball. I’m soooo thankful she’s sharing her hard-learned skills (via 40 years of tennis turned pickleball expertise) with me each week.
And yet another friend is a marvelous artist. She creates amazing watercolors that bless me each time I get to see the fruit of her labor.
What is your gift to share?
It may not be a book, or a course, or a piece of art or a delicious dinner. But I guarantee you have something you were made to offer to others.
So if you’re not sure, may I encourage you to take some time over the next few weeks and make note of these things…
1. What do you really enjoy doing?
2. What things do you spend time doing where the times seems to fly by?
3. What do other people (unprompted) compliment you about?
4. What do you find yourself doing when there’s nothing else to do…but you are drawn towards it over and over again
5. What’s super easy for you to do? (Like falling off a log easy?)
Then pay attention to all these different things. My guess is that you’ll start to see some patterns emerge over a few weeks.
Then, I’d encourage you to see if you can find ways to incorporate more of these things into your life over and over.
You will be able to get more joy, and give more joy, and your life will be happier and even more full of meaning.
And suddenly, the risk holds not quite so much risk anymore because you know you’re doing exactly what you were made for.
Here’s to a great week ahead!
Love you, and as always,
I’m Cheering you on,
Christy 🙂
P.S. Here’s ​a link to my newest book​ that I talked about last week. Do you know anyone who would enjoy it? It’s a great gift for sure.