Get to know your magic.
"Get to know your magic."
-Anon
Last week on his blog, Seth Godin asked, "What are you doing that people believe only you can do?" A provocative question, yes? I've been wondering about how it relates to self-awareness, other-awareness, and our *gulp* purpose.
We like to talk about purpose. We can thank Rick Warren for that. His book "The Purpose Driven Life" clearly touched upon a collective nerve. We ask: What's the purpose of life? Why am I here? What's it all about? What can I do that only I can do? What's my magic?
Did you know Warren's books begins with "It's not about you"?
Wait. I thought it was about me -- my purpose, my magic. Who is it about then?
I've found trying to fit myself into the puzzle of life to be challenging. I think "what's my purpose?" and I get pretty much nowhere. I feel there are multitudes in me, that I could never boil myself down to one thing, pin point where I am on the map, have one purpose.
Maybe I have purposes, plural. Or maybe it's what Rick said - that it's not about me at all. Maybe my magic is actually Magic, something we're all stewards of. Maybe our real purpose is to recognize and cultivate Magic in us and around us and to enjoy the living crap out of it.
And being a magician? That's sounds like as good a purpose as any.
LIKE LIST
Please put on your headphones and turn up Gallant covering Sufjan Steven's "Blue Bucket of Gold". This is one of the more amazing things I've heard ever. One word: falsetto.
For the nerd in you, I just started - literally cracked open - Wired to Create: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Creative Mind by Scott Barry Kaufman and Carolyn Gregoire. Super excited to read it.
And for more good reads, here's a list of David Bowie's top 100 books. Did you know he was a "voracious reader"? Me too, Bowie, me too.
Finally, check out this post from my friend, Melissa Daimler. I love her perspective on communication in the modern age.
WRITE LIST
Take Nothing Personally
Pick the Fruit
Love the Questions
Bye Bowie
and this short poem.
As a last note, I am really thankful for you reading this. You didn't have to. So thank you.
LOVE ♡
me