It is not by chance that certain conversations light you up.
I homeschooled my kids, and when someone would ask me why, I would warn them…this gets me fired up, and once talking about it, I start I won’t stop.
But the part that lit me up was not the actual homeschooling.
The part that got me going was when I would start talking about how important keeping their individuality and knowing who they are was to me.
I was helping a girlfriend who’s husband had left her while she was away on a trip. He packed up and moved out while she was gone. She was understandably devastated. I started talking with her about who she was, and we were finding how this experience was going to help her figure out what was important to her.
That conversation lit me up.
Another girlfriend had made a snap decision for the children without speaking to her husband first. He was hurt and angry and not speaking to her because of it. She was trying to find a way to tell her husband she loved him and how his actions were hurting her. Together we worked on finding words she could say to him that helped her stay true to who she was, while still letting him know she was sorry.
That conversation lit me up.
I think all of these conversations are connected. I fall in love over and over again with helping people find their gifts and remember who they are.
This is why I am writing this blog.
I write because what is inside me needs a place to be expressed.
I share because I want to start conversations that lead to remembering our gifts and who we are. Conversations that remind us to live life more fully knowing we aren’t alone in our struggles.
What conversations are lighting you up? I think there is a key in those conversations to help us to bridge who we are now, with who we are intended to be.