Perfect Poise, Perfect Life
Bring your body into balance and revolutionise your life
By Noel Kingsley
Publisher Hodder Mobius
AVAILABLE HERE
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Your amazing abilities...
It occurs to me that it's a very good thing that we all have different interests and abilities, rather than all being the same. The world would be in a very sorry state if ALL of us were politicians, or we were all builders, cooks, solicitors, farmers or whatever. No matter how useful is our expertise, we shall always be more than grateful for the assistance of others in other fields; the solicitor needs a builder to create his office, a telephone engineer to connect on-line and a farmer to provide his lunch.
What are your specialities? What is it that you are good at? Start naming a few. For me, I'm 'quite good' at communicating, teaching the Alexander Technique, printing photographs by traditional darkroom methods, I also seem to make a few people laugh; I'm told I'm quite good company although a big part of me doubts it; I cook (a bit), decorate, design and write. I also play the violin to a modest level given my 3 years experience.
OK, so there are some obvious things that can come to mind if we pause for just a moment. Now let's look at the less obvious ones. You are a good friend; you think and care for others; you give help where it's needed and not even asked for; you listen with your ears, your heart and your mind; you are good with your hands; you have several languages at your disposal to communicate, you draw people towards you without effort (when we make effort it doesn't work); you are a good teacher; generous with your time as well as in your gifts and, and, and, and....
Are you thinking that some of the qualities I mention above do not apply to you? Now, don't feel bad. I just listed the wrong ones... There are others, and others and even more others, if you care to just realise them. Indeed I'm sure you could list 100 positive qualities about yourself. If you have ten minutes you might like to write them all out.....yes, 100 of them. If you're feeling unsure, ask a friend, "My dear friend, can you please tell me what you think I'm good at, or what are my positive characteristics?" See how you feel when you've done it. If you like how you feel, maybe give a moment to tell a friend what they are so good at; it will surely bring a smile to their face.
OK, these are the things we do know about ourselves. But what about the things that we do not know about? As we may not know them, we cannot write them down. But I'm willing to bet (although not being a betting man) that there are more and more wonderful qualities and abilities you have that you do not yet know of. You can be so wonderful in certain situations, at more activities than you care to dream of, you could be so successful and so, so happy doing any one of many more things, of which you are not aware. Your potential is far greater than you can imagine. So is mine; so is every-one's. Wouldn't it be great to discover just a few more of them?
Maybe you'd like to try something new. Keep your mind and eyes open for new ideas and new opportunities. What is in your heart?
There is an old saying.... 'No matter what your level of ability, you have more potential than you can ever develop in a lifetime.' I like to remind myself of this. There is always more to do; there is always more to give and there is always more to life than we've done already... But whatever your achievements, whatever you do; contentment is what really brings happiness.
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