What’s your signature?
How does the energy you possess pattern itself? Good, bad, beautiful, ugly …
all these qualities in one way or another arrange and re-arrange themselves,
radiating who we are out into the world around us.
Of particular
concern are those aspects of ourselves we refer to as flaws, but flaws can be a
beautiful part of the signature of who we are. They are inevitable in any case,
so perhaps it is wise to ask: what about our imperfections can we be grateful
for?
If we can locate
the genius in our flaws we will be in a much better position to manage their
obvious dissonance and use them to more positive effect.
One of my own
flaws revolves around a tendency toward sensitivity – I often don’t take
criticism very well, for example. I can feel so overwhelmed by the negativity that
I take the comments more personally than is generally intended, and can get
into a bit of a funk over it.
On the other
hand, when I look for the genius in my sensitivity I become aware that it has a
very positive flip side – I am tuned in, alive and sensitive to all the sights,
sounds and smells around me in a heightened sort of way that allows me to be
especially appreciative of small things, like the scent of poplar trees in
spring or the laughter of children, or the sad eyes of a bum on the street.
So, in the same
way a talented musician composes a piece of music, playing with both harmony
and dissonance, is the same way in which we can approach the act of living – as
a creative opportunity that makes artful use of all our attributes in the process
of shaping our presence, defining our signatures.
We each
influence and shape the world around us. Doesn’t it make sense, then, to be
more aware of the way our choices determine the quality of that presence, the
pattern of our signatures?
