Talents - what are yours? - Al-Anon Family Group

likemyheart · ~*Service Worker*~

Talents - what are yours?

Debilyn · ~*Service Worker*~

Matthew 25:15. It's a parable. The talents (money) represent each one who goes out and witnesses for Jesus in gathering people. Who go out and share the truth with people who have never heard it before and now want to be one of the creator people.

So when the first two go out, they gather many people who may have never known the father. The one who does nothing is a disappointment because this one does not even try.

Each person has a heart and each person has their own abilities. some work harder than others. Thus the one who only got two the creator knew that was all he could handle, but would do well.

The whole goal of the apostles was to share the good news. The way they used what they were given showed they would be responsible to take care of the masters belongings. (Creators people)

Anyway talents is what they called money.

But your analogy still made sense as we all have different things about us that are special.

Nice share. I am humbly blessed to be able to put myself in humans and other animals place. Thereby problem solving is done for that particular animal or person how they understand. Love is my guide.

I figure if someone else can do something i can. driving a tractor, doing surgery on an animal, cooking lasagna, working with gang at risk kids, sense of humor and its just natural, nutty but natural. so many things come natural to me.

I like everyone and don't consider anyone to be a failure, they just may need to learn more...

grateful2be · ~*Service Worker*~

I do think my best talent is to be myself, to love and accept myself, to share myself because that is what I'm designed to do.

hotrod · ~*Service Worker*~

Beautiful share. Fillled with so much wisdom, honesty and acceptance. I can certainly identify

I "Like your Heart" as well

Newlife girl · ~*Service Worker*~

Well...I can read music and can't play by ear so we are the opposite! I play piano too. I played clarinet in high school. I take martial arts. And I try to be a good mom.

missmeliss · ~*Service Worker*~

I always understood the bible verse as meaning talents as money too but this is a really cool interpretation of it.
I'm good at making people laugh and playing with words.
I can also play the flute with my nose

lol
I can read music and play by ear very well but, I cannot create music at all, I can only copy and repeat it. Like a parrot.

el-cee · ~*Service Worker*~

Great post. I have no talents whatsoever. At the moment I am enjoying the poses I am learning in yoga. I am getting bendy and this amuses me but nope, no talents. I cohld play a chorus of a song on the guitar, I can play one song on the glockenspiel, lol, I can play bits of amazing grace on the recorder. Is that talent? Nah.

I dont believe in talent, to me its a mythical thing. I believe in anyone being able to anything they want if they have the will, the determination, the opportunity and put in the hours. I could be wrong, I often am but as a teacher I have got to believe this really. I like your heart too, very nice.x

likemyheart · ~*Service Worker*~

For me talents isn't about money, its gifts from HP - my natural ability to sooth a crying child, my empathy for others in hard situations, my tendency to make light of a situation to ease the tension. For me talents doesn't have to mean something artistic or that you could peddle to the outside world; I can copy simple drawings in a childs book very accurately but I have no talent for coming up with my own drawings so will never be that kind of artist; on the other hand, I can doodle contently while listening to a lecture and end up with a piece of paper I don't want to just throw away. I've been told more than once that someone was glad to see that I was there because they knew I would help them if they needed it (medically challenged people). I consider my flexibility a significant talent in my life - being willing to switch mid-stream to serve the greater purpose makes me a great team player.

I guess you could also call it a gratitude list, I'm grateful for the talents I have and need to remember sometimes to turn my focus back to embracing what I can do and not worrying about what I can't.

Mel - how long did it take you to figure out how to play the flute with your nose?

andromeda · ~*Service Worker*~

To differentiate between talents and gifts (putting aside the Biblical definition in the verse which means talent=money), I have many talents but also gifts. Many churches offer programs where you can take a class to learn what your spiritual gifts are. When I participated in it years ago, I found that I had the gifts of service, of patience, and of kindness. My talents, on the other hand, are things that I work at or have proficiency for.

For me, my talents include being good with money and investing, teaching yoga, being a creative cook and keeper of my home, among other things. I have absolutely no musical inclinations whatsoever, but I love artist expressions such as dance, music, acting, and art itself. I used to teach aerobics and I had to learn how to teach a class to a 16 count. I actually learned a lot about how a beat and rhythm can change the speed of my class and how to adjust my routines accordingly. You'll never look at your aerobics instructor the same way when you realize that she has to break the class down into small bites, teach it in a way that is understandable, and then keep adding on so that the class can grasp it in the short period of time they have! I struggled with creating new routines for class and had to practice every day at home. So, I switched to teaching yoga, LOL!!! Yoga is a more go with the flow kind of class and I really enjoyed teaching it. I still practice yoga daily even though I don't teach anymore.

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