How do you claim your unique gift from your story?
Look at your life – all your shadows, negative conclusions and experiences and ask – why would I have needed that belief or experience? What can I now contribute having gone through what I did?
If my life so far has been training me to do or be something in particular in the world, what would it be?
Integrate the positives and what you may have been calling the negatives – (celebrate the good in everyone and everything!)
1. Make a list of the significant experiences of your life.
2. Look for the common theme or themes that each of these shares – EG: Loss – being left out – being rejected by peers – being passed over, never good enough –eg to get into the right school, get that part in the play, find the right mate.
3. Ask yourself, If I were going to teach a college class based on the incidents of my past, what would the name of my course be?
What do you know and understand about life that most people don’t? What have you learned from all your life’s experiences that could benefit someone else?
4. If your life were training you to fill a particular need in the world, what would it be?