“My Strengths in Costumes”

By Dr. William K. Larkin on June 1, 2009

I am using, for the first time, someone else's writing as the blog post for this week, because it reflects such outstanding insight into strengths and their opposites- what we call our weaknesses. Tanya has her finger on the pulse of this step of growth. Our character defects are merely the reflections of our strengths- they cause the feelings and thoughts that feel "bad" and attempt to send us toward our strengths. This is an outstanding entry on the blog and I am grateful to Tanya for posting it. I am so proud to share this entry from one of our outstanding Certified VisioNavigator Coaches. Thank you, Tanya!

Tanya Burak wrote on Sun May 31st, 7:45 pm:

What a thrill to "finally get" after a zillion years of sideline living ... that my weaknesses are not something to be beaten out of myself or hide in shame!

That delightfully to the contrary they are the "friendly committee" that starts chattering or moaning if I am going in the wrong direction (down).

Their job is and has always been simply that but no one ever told me. So through my lens of shame of "never enough" all I heard was that they too thought little of me.

So this committee, my strengths in costumes, had to scare me back on track if that is what it took. They knew the bottom had a limit... and that they could help me start going back up when I finally understood. Boy, are they patient!

They would take my dislike and abuse because they had "certitude" regarding their mission. They were pretty worn out and were very relieved to have ANI explain ... like a neutral third party intervention.

I now can hear that I was uniquely and purposefully designed exactly the way Spirit wanted me. So now when I hear them whispering or shouting, I don't get afraid. I know it is their "loving warning" that I am ignoring one of or all of my unique pieces.

They still stand fast until I turn myself around and get headed the right direction. It's tough love but someone has to do it.

Thank you committee ... also for reminding me I don't have to look for anyone else's strengths to fix me ... that it doesn't work and is not supposed to!

"Reflecting Spirit"