Do YOUR Thing

Do you like to read? I'm reading the book, "Developing the Leader Within You," by John Maxwell. The author asks a pertinent question that continues to ring in my thoughts, "What is the one thing ONLY YOU can do?"

Each of us is placed at this moment in time, in the community we live, in the place we work or serve, with the people in our path, with a unique personality, skill set, talents, and gifts that no one else possesses. 

Look at your skin. Seriously, right now, look at  your arm. You were created with a specific color, frame, look, build and appearance that no other person will ever have the opportunity to share.

Now think about the things you love to do most. Reading, computers, sports, writing, acting, speaking, planning, building, organizing? What do you love to do so much, that you would do it all day long and not one person would ever have to pay you to do it.

When you put it all together, shake it up, and pat it down, there you have YOU-the one and only. So the question remains, "What is the one thing ONLY YOU can do?"

People might laugh at your thing. Busyness of life will try to steal that one assignment. Fear will keep you from trying it. Addictions and temptation will kill it. Doubt will stop you from doing it, but..

there is one person who can do that one thing...that's ONLY YOU!

If you don't know your thing, write down what only you can do. Think about the people in your family, school, work, or neighborhood. What can you do that none of them can?

We have a limited number of days on this earth and we have no idea in what time frame we have to do our thing, so watch, prepare, be ready and when the time is right...DO YOUR THING!