simple gifts

Life's gift to you is your unique vantage point.
Your gift to life is expressing from it.

--Alan Cohen

To me, 'expressing' seems rich with possibilities. Might be writing, painting, pottery or making music. Might be how you raise your children or decorate your home and yard. Could be what you wear, your hairstyle, your smile, your handshake. Your professional contributions. Your volunteer work. Your travel photos.

The options are infinite, and nobody's expression will ever be exactly like anyone else's, so comparisons are futile. How cool is that?

And yet I seem to forget this. A lot. It slips my mind that diverse combinations of unique expressions give birth to strength, balance, and creativity.

Oh well. This reminder came at a good time for me.

:)