So why am I rambling about tuning forks, and how I used to be endlessly entertained by watching the two prongs vibrate in lovely sound?
We, too, can come into resonance with that pure, clear tone of our deepest meaning and purpose--what we are born to be.
Yesterday I was honored and humbled to guest post on a blog near and dear to my heart, Kind Over Matter (thank you, Amanda O!). My post, Being a Force for Good (click to read), felt and feels like a holy moment for me.
Yep, you read right: I busted out the holy.
Bold, I know. But as you may recall, I'm done living tiny, and with that comes claiming what I know to be true. I'm sorry if that sounds like I've got a swelled head. I don't mean it that way. But I do 100%, all-out, whole-heart, full-body believe that I am finally coming into resonance. I'm allowing myself to believe that my voice is important. And that voice? It's ready to speak, people. It's ready to sing and shout.
The reaction to my post awed me . . . 78 Facebook likes? 18 Tweets? Comments there and here? People I don't even know, saying that my words touched them? Yes, I am moved beyond belief . . . and yes, I am so grateful for the validation and confirmation that I am beginning to do what I was placed on this Earth to do.
I'm vibratin' like a tuning fork here, friends.
No more hiding my writing and art where it can't do any good in the world.
No more putting myself down, saying someone else is better for the job.
My voice is valid.
Your voice is valid.
When we're singing out our divinely-given talent, our unique blueprint, our personal piece of the world, why be surprised when it resonates with others?
That's just the music we make . . . the music of our meaning.
("Stand Tall," mixed media available here on Etsy)
Tidbit for today:
"God calls you to the place where your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet." --Frederick Buechner
Are you coming into resonance with your unique purpose?
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seeks bright bits of inspiration in daily life.
7 colorful comments:
Yay Amanda! I missed it yesterday, so I'm so glad you posted the link here as a reminder - and I'm thrilled you got such a wide and heartfelt response. Feels so good for your message to click with friends and strangers, right!? And it is a wonderful message - beautifully written and so needed. Congrats!
Liv, always a joy to see your smiling face here! Thanks so much for your sweet comments. I know for a fact that your course is helping me bust out of my shell--and it's working. Thank you, love.
Love it! And I loved your post on Kind Over Matter! I just had a similar experience and it does feel so so good. Thanks for sharing. I'm really enjoying exploring your blog. :)
Brandy, aww, you just gave me a big ol' smile! I'm so glad you're finding a comfortable place here. Thanks so much for letting me know you were here & at KOM.
Wow, Amanda! You are growing so much. This post is amazing.
I appreciate the fact that you recognize that it is God who made you, gifted you, and placed you where you are to do what He has planned for you to do. "The steps of a righteous man are ordered by the Lord."
Keep on walking hand-in-hand with Him and trusting Him with your whole heart. He will direct every step and never leave you. You are the tuning fork in the hand of the Master.
LOVED this post. And am so happy to have just discovered you through Kind Over Matter.
I also loved your Standing Tall piece so much that I just bought it! Can't wait to admire and be inspired by it in person!!
grrrrrrrr . . . that was a gentle roar directed at Blogger, which just ate 4 paragraphs of LOVELY comments for you . . . I'll do my best to re-cap.
Your posts the last few days have been especially powerful, authentic, and inspiring. It's quite obvious that you are growing, and selflessly sharing that process with the world.
Each post stands on its own strength. But because I've been away for a couple weeks, I'm reading several in succession to catch up. Their collective voice is beyond strong. They feel to me like a rallying cry for anybody who's boneweary of "living tiny." Who needs, really needs, to believe in and hear the "music of their own meaning."
I can't thank you enough for your blog. I certainly hope you have plans to publish (print or online) some sort of "Best of Blog" collection. I'd buy it in a heartbeat . . . 'cause it MAKES my heart beat!!
That Buechner quote on today's post, though already familiar, still makes me catch my breath.
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