Easier said than done, right? Sometimes the call is subtle, and at other times, the call is loud and penetrable. Either way, at some point in our life, we are faced with a crossroads: whether to pursue our life’s calling or ignore it. Let’s look at what happens if...
Blog
Articles and inspirational topics for motivation in writing and daily living
The Gift Makes Room For You
I am honored to know that you have taken the time to read this post. Anyone who reads another’s writings should count it as a privilege that someone is taking their time and effort to absorb the material. The exchange between writer and reader is what I call, The...
Your Gift Comes Easily to You
That is right. You read the title correctly. Sometimes it is hard to believe that something we do well is a natural gift we can share with others. We hear it often said that what you do efficiently is, more often than not, your gift. Your gift can be...
Follow The Gifts
Proverbs 18:16- A man’s gift makes room for him and brings him before great men. Welcome to the Follow The Gifts blog. A space designed to encourage, inspire and challenge ideas on how to hone our unique, God-given talents. Here, you can find motivating articles for anyone interested in...
Take Time To Explore Your Talents
It’s been a while since I’ve written a blog post. I will be honest. I was struggling with where to focus my attention. Most of us have more than one area in our life that requires our devoted time and attention, but if you want to follow your gifts,...
Finding Purpose is Finding Your Gift
There’s nothing in life more fulfilling and rewarding than understanding your life’s purpose. Connected to the grounding of finding your purpose is a sense of belonging as a birthright. Most of us trudge through life, wondering why we are here, what is it all about, what am I supposed...
Don’t Be Afraid To Use Your Gifts
You’ve heard of the saying, people are more afraid of success than they are of failure? Well, it’s somewhat true. There is really a phenomenon known as the fear of success. It can happen suddenly or over time. When your life changes to be successful, the interesting thing is...
Do what you Love to do!
This might seem like an obvious statement but for many, it’s not. If you are like me and perhaps most people, you’ll find that doing what you love is often thought of as a luxury to behold. How can I do what I love when…is usually the visceral response....
Don’t wait another day to work on your gifts
We are here but only for a finite amount of time. We all have the same number of hours as our neighbor, our co-worker and anyone else who is living on the planet. Time-how should we handle such an awesome amount of power and responsibility? It is a fudamental...
Inspiration-What Inspires You? What Inspires the Creation of Characters? What Inspires the Characters?
When writing a novel, novella, or short-story, a question that is often asked is what inspires me to create my characters and what inspires my characters ? Characters are the essence of a story, next to plot, and tension in scenes. In truth, your characters can make or break...