Tuesday, January 26, 2010

DNA - Wholeheartedness

Nope, not that kind of DNA! Not genetic DNA!! This is something else... what my DNA is... what my unique giftedness, purpose... call it what you will is... What is the unique thing that I bring to the world? The unique space of being that I come from? We had a workshop about that and the eventual upshot of it was a very long, convoluted thing, that could be basically condensed to "building bridges"... which really didn't resonate with me. I mean a little bit. I can build a bridge for you between geology and theology, between the bible and our lives... but it really doesn't speak to me of who I am and what I really bring. Someone else suggested "wholeheartedness"... which has more of the ring of truth!!! I do through myself into things wholeheartedly... whatever that might be... organizing a garage sale, cleaning the house, studying theology, working in a parish, cooking for people. I am a wholehearted type of gal! Which means... I can get myself wholeheartedly into trouble too! But it also means that... if I can't, for some reason, be wholehearted about something... I am torn... And the difference between me being wholehearted and me being not wholehearted is quite marked apparently... or so I am told! But I sense it within myself as well... So, for me it is to be wholehearted in whatever I take on... whether it is cleaning toilets... doing paperwork... writing a book or a blog... etc. etc... And if circumstances from outside get in the way of my wholeheartedness... then either get out of the way of them or... charge right on through...

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