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Claim Your Spiritual Gifts
by MJ Ryan
OM Times
We all have spiritual gifts we can claim. Recently at a workshop I was leading I met Troy. Originally from Jamaica, he now lives in New York City and works as a real estate agent. “But I’m really a supporter of souls,” he quietly explained to me. “People getting divorced, single mothers looking for a safe home for their kids…I listen and I do what I can to help.” As he spoke, he radiated calmness. I knew that if I were in trouble, I would want to be around him.
I asked Troy where he learned to be so peaceful. He said he didn’t know, that he’d been that way since he could remember. That it had gotten him in trouble with boys who didn’t consider him manly enough. “But I figured it was better to stay peaceful even if others didn’t appreciate it,” he said sadly.
Troy came to every one of my talks that week. Every time I was near him, I felt serene. I knew it was no act—this was Troy being truly himself. The last day, I said to him, “You have a very strong spiritual gift. I would call it equanimity.” “Thank you,” he beamed, “it feels good to have it acknowledged.”
Discovering Our Spiritual Gifts
Like Troy, each and every one of us has precious spiritual gifts of the soul. We may take them for granted. We may consider them weaknesses. We even may have been wounded in them by unaware others. But we each have them. They are spiritual attributes that we were either graced with at birth or grew very young through the challenges of our lives. Spiritual gifts are qualities of heart such as graciousness, steadfastness, devotion, humility, purity, integrity, idealism, commitment.
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Source: http://www.riseearth.com/2015/10/claim-your-spiritual-gifts.html
