Would your mosaic be a masterpiece with lots of colors, details, and many – shaped pieces?
Or would it be a plain and simple with ordinary colors and shapes?
Everyone should be living their life like the great mosaic masterpiece that it is. How amazing it is that you are here in the first place. And no one offers the world what you do!
So, your life has been created so far like a mosaic. You recollect challenge and drama, ups and downs, pain and perseverance. You also recall milestones that make your heart sing. Your life experiences, your character and personality are the chipped mosaic pieces you’re working with. A great work of art has subtle elements and depth, and you can often identify the artist by those exact things.
The pieces that make up your mosaic fit together haphazardly sometimes. Other times they just flow. You have so many gifts and talents that uniquely express you. But you may be living as if they are ordinary. You may be hiding them because of old voices that told you they weren’t worth much. Well, the mosaic that is humanity is incomplete without your expression. I want to challenge you to stop holding yourself back. It’s time to personalize your mosaic.
Become aware of your work of art to date.
Look at yourself. Have you noticed patterns over the years you’ve lived? It’s easy to go through a decade and recognize a few highlights without looking deeper at what they mean in your life. Have you often served others while you sublimated yourself?
When I first moved to Montana, I attended a birthday event for my daughter and began talking to a fellow Mom. I asked her what she did in summer, and she replied that they always went camping to their favorite spot and fished in their favorite river. Feeling curious, I asked her if she ever wanted to mix it up a little and go to Paris or even drive to California. Her response? We never want to leave Montana. We love it here. Had she thought of her life as a repeat performance? Was that really what she wanted, or was it what worked for her spouse or others? Or all she ever knew? If she was conscious of creating her grand and unique life mosaic, might she have spoken up? Or, this may have been exactly what she always wanted.
- Write down some dreams you have, and put one into play. Imagine your mosaic getting polished and a new stone being added as you do.
- Reflect on a habit. Can you figure out where it came from? Does this habit serve you?
- What is your love mosaic? Map the decades of your loving relationships and how they have served to enhance and expand and satisfy your life.
- Create a chronology of your life by decade. What do you notice and how does each decade shed meaningful light on who you really are?
- Stay open to some pain. That’s where you may have the greatest self-discoveries and add luster to your mosaic. With cracks come definition and beauty.
Now Imagine your mosaic getting polished and a new stone being added as you do.
Make sure your life mosaic is crafted with your hands and heart.
Your life’s mosaic must be your creation. No one can do it better, and no one can replace the pieces you place in the grand image of humanity. Your friends, family, colleagues, social media network all need to be busy crafting their own mosaic.
Women have the tendency to give others control of their lives. But if you don’t express your full personality (no apology!), spread your gifts, and live your most desired epic, the world loses something special. You. What you don’t stand up for can’t get filled in by someone else. And without your own shining mosaic piece in our big world, the picture simply isn’t complete or as beautiful.
So, start to picture a mosaic that has many pieces, all representing your life. Imagine who you are, piece by piece, personalized with your tiny initials. What will you splash across the tiles or shards of glass that says I am me, and I love who I am, every day. And then bring that out into the greater mosaic of the world filled with people. Please share your thoughts below.