It’s regular for kids to dream of turning into superheroes and unicorns and all types of issues they can not turn out to be. But we want to develop up. Problems come up after we proceed considering that we could be something we would like to be. We discover freedom after we settle for our limitations.
We’re higher off specializing in the areas the place we are able to thrive and the place we are able to put our items to the service of others. Thomas Jefferson was a horrible public speaker. He even faked diseases to keep away from giving speeches. He knew his limitations—and his items. He centered on writing, and now we have the Declaration of Independence to present for it.
We can’t be something. And that’s okay. We can nonetheless be one thing. There are areas the place every one in all us can excel. We will likely be happier pursuing what’s attainable reasonably than spinning our wheels whereas failing at one thing we’re by no means going to accomplish.
Fr. Michael Rossmann, SJ, writes that in his new e-book, The Freedom of Missing Out: Letting Go of Fear and Saying Yes to Life. He additionally explains within the beneath video that it’s high quality not being something we would like.
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