The thing you’re good at is valuable and needed by your family and community. Don’t belittle what you’re good at. Own it and use it to your benefit and the benefit of the world around you.*
Gabe Anderson
I’ve come to recognise that changing the story, dismantling the stories that trap us, finding stories adequate to our realities, are foundational to finding our powers and possibilities.**
Rebecca Solnit
We can’t say this too often:
What you’re good at doesn’t have to be huge.
It doesn’t need to be adored by thousands, but
it must matter to you;
If it does then it’s likely to be
valuable to someone else, too.
This is a story shift–
Not from reality to fantasy–
If you’re good at something and telling yourself
it’s nothing then that’s the fantasy.
Ditch the story you’re telling yourself–
Find a better narrative that allows you to use what you’re good at.
(What are you good at, what’s the story you’re telling yourself?–
Try writing these out – do they match up?)
*Gabe Anderson’s blog: Realizing You’re Good At It;
**Rebecca Solnit’s No Straight Road Takes You There.
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