"Our job in this lifetime is not to shape ourselves into some ideal we imagine we ought to be, but to find out who we already are and become it." Steven Pressfield in The War of Art. I just finished the book, The War of Art, by Steven Pressfield, and this quote traveled with lightening speed from my reading eyes straight to my heart. It turns out my mom was right all along when she reminded me to 'just be myself'. It is so easy for us to get caught up in trying to be who others want us to be, who we think we SHOULD be, and in trying to be someone who is completely different than we are. Often times we act a part so much that we even forget who we really are or perhaps we never even take the opportunity to find out. Then we wonder wh...

Today I had the opportunity to discuss personal missions, talents, gifts and purpose today with my 9-year-old Sunday School students. We talked about Moses and various other people from the Bible and about their personal life missions--how their gifts, talents and experiences prepared them for the things they were to do, how they had little faith in their abilities in the beginning, how their faith AND their abilities grew over time with the help of God, and the differences they made in the lives of others. Of the many valuable gems of wisdom found in these stories, two things really stood out for me in our discussion that I wanted to share with you. The first thing is that as each of us shares our talents and gifts with others, we mak...