does each one of us have a gift
or multiple gifts
that we are supposed to share with the world?
or are we all just here
to make the world better
in a bunch of small, micro ways?
when I think of gifts, I think of athletes
or singers or artists
who were overly “gifted” with their talents
but truthfully
I don’t think I’m overly talented with anything
and aren’t there only supposed to be a few of the overly gifted ones?
we all can’t fit on the women’s US soccer team
or perform on stage at the Grammy’s
and the New York Times Best Seller list only has twenty-five slots
but even if some humans were given a lot of one particular gift
maybe most of us have micro, tiny gifts
that we can use to better this world
I believe we need every single one of our gifts
whether it’s the soccer you play, the music you make
the kindness you give, or the bravery you bear
no matter what your gifts are
I think it’s important to find them
and share them
because they are what make people dance
they’re what make dogs wag their tails
they’re what make trees grow
not one tree is more gifted in “being a tree”
than any other
yet they still choose to “tree” everyday
so why don’t we just “human” everyday?
why don’t we use the gift of our brains, our imagination, and our opposable thumbs
to give them all back?
maybe our “gifts” were never meant to be ours, either
maybe they’re a combination of our ancestors
given to us to keep life going
maybe the “gifts”
that we house in our bodies and minds
never were meant to be kept for ourselves
instead of trying to take advantage of the gifts
we think are ours for the taking
why don’t we let the gift take advantage of us?
why don’t we let our bodies
be a vessel for whatever our gifts want us to do?
for whatever our body was meant to do?
what makes your mind quiet
while your hands still move?
what makes you feel warm on your deepest layer?
what makes your muscles, nerves, and brain
all “do” on their own, without your conscious doing,
like something else is moving them?
maybe your answers are the mini talents you’ve been given
that you were meant to forever hold sacred to you
just to inevitably let them go
and if you don’t know your gifts yet
what if you quieted your mind and let your body just “human”
and watched what happened?
Ali Walks Around 