Share Your Gift
She is amazing at what she does. She can get on the radio
and talk to us like we’re right there in the room with her. It’s magical. I’ve
been there & watched her do it. I’ve seen her do a whole show with a few
notes she jotted down in a notebook before she went on the air. I was
impressed. It’s one of those things that I’d like to be able to do well. I can
do it. I can. But not with the same ease and grace. For me, it takes hours, no
days, actually weeks of preparation. I write every word out, because there is
something that happens to me when I get on the air. It’s like I lose my ability
to think and speak at the same time. Yet… I’ve kept trying to do it. Trying to
be a radio host. It’s something I’ve felt that I wanted to do. No one was
forcing me to do it. It all started with an interview with her… this woman who
makes us feel like she in the room with us having an intimate conversation. She
has become one of my best friends. She made the interview
so easy, so simple I forgot I was on the air. Someone heard that show &
thought I’d be a good host. Because with her I feel invincible on the radio, I thought,
sure I’ll do that! It wasn’t the same. I loved interviewing people. But the
anxiety I’d feel would actually cause me to go into dissociation. So I quit.
She came along and said, “Hey, let’s start a show together.” I thought… with
her, I can do this. & with her, I could. As long as she was on the air with
me, it was fun. It was easy. It was wonderful. But doing it alone? Ah… I was
back to the craziness. It wasn’t until yesterday that I realized all of this. I
realized that I was trying to do something that just wasn’t me. It wasn’t a
lack of commitment. It wasn’t even a lack of desire. It just wasn’t what I was
good at or felt passionate about or excelled at.
I think there comes a time in all of our lives when we have
to choose. Do we keep trying to do something we’re just ok at? Or, do we focus
more of our energy on the thing we’re really good at, the thing we’re
passionate about? I decided to do the latter. And I feel a lot freer. I know my
bestie will still love me just as much, even if I don’t have my own show on our
amazing network. And, yes, I still feel that it is just as much mine as it was
before, when I kept struggling to be a host and feeling like I was letting
everyone down when I’d freak out and cancel yet another show. Now I feel I can
enjoy it a lot more, because I’m doing what I’m good at… painting.
What are you
good at? Follow your passion. Devote your time to the thing that you’re great
at and become better at it. Want to hear the magical host? You can. She’s on www.blogtalkradio.com/ButterflyDreamsAbuseRecovery
every Monday and Wednesday evening at 9pm eastern time. Her name is Trish &
I love her! Want to see what I’m good at? You can. Visit my website at www.MichalMadisonArt.net/galleries.html
and while you’re there, pick out something that touches your heart, keep it for
yourself or share it with a friend. 10% of every sale is donated to ending
child abuse (Childhelp. My art helps support Butterfly Dreams too). That’s something Trish and I are both passionate about. That’s why
we started Butterfly Dreams in the first place.
Follow you passion my friends. You have a gift that only you
can give the world. Share it!
Dream Big. Create Miracle. Expect Magic.
Michal Madison
21 March 2014
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