It's Been a Long Time Coming

Proverbs 18:16 says:

"A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men"

I am in my fourth decade of life, and I've just recently realized that I haven't been intentional about sharing or even paying attention to my gifts.  I feel like when we do things and are good at them naturally, we don't consider those things gifts.  It's just who we are.  We don't look to be congratulated or even noticed for it.  We just do what feel appropriate and we unintentionally shine.  

I have decided to intentionally shine.

I have always been an energetic spirit.  An animated personality. A lively conversationist. I'm also a bit of a nerd and I love to learn new things about everything.  I never looked at these characteristics as gifts. However, people close to me did. 

"Dahni, you should be a life coach", "You should do voiceovers", "Have you ever considered hosting events?".  No, no, and no! Lol.  If you know me, you know I loooove to perform, however, I don't like always knowing all eyes are on me, and these are things that would cause people to focus on me.  Then, I began to inadvertently do these exact things- and I was good at it.  I finally listened to a good girlfriend and jumped off of the porch and emceed an event.  I killed it.  Afterwards, I immediately began to consider what I could have done differently BUT when I received feedback from those in attendance, my world kinda changed.  Not only was I good at it, but I also had a friggin ball! 

I could go on and on about what I've done since and how I'm still doing but I'm so passionate about it now so I could talk forever.  I'll close with this:

God didn't give us gifts to be stingy with.  He gave us what we needed to be a gift to others. Sometimes, I wish I would have listened to people sooner but I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be, doing what I'm supposed to do for exactly who I'm supposed to do it for.

And I love it here! 

It's up, y'all!

XOXO Dahni