Have you ever wondered why you were born in America instead of Africa? Or why you were born into a middle-class family instead of riches? Debbie Ford in The Secret of the Shadow explains that we are made up of unique ingredients to make a recipe called "you." It is this recipe that the universe has dealt all the right cards for us to develop and become the whole that we need to be in order to fulfill our purpose. Every experience including your status in life, your race, your height, your physical health all make up the ingredients for you.
This perfect recipe that is your life's purpose must include the good and the bad. A perfect cake doesn't only include sweet sugar but also salt. In order to make "you," every ingredient needs to be presetn including experiences of weakness and strength, fear and courage, success and failure says Ford.
Even though our circumstances may not be the most desirable (divorce, abuse as a child, death...) they are still apart of our recipe and can be used for ultimate good and your purpose. Ford notes that John Walsh, the host of America's Most Wanted did just that. "After his six-year-old son, Adam, was murdered, John became an advocate for victim's rights and brought awareness to a subject that had for years been buried in the dark. Unwilling to allow his child to die in vain, John turned his anger into action and extablished a national program to incarcerate tens of thousands of criminals and sex offenders." He could have let his grief swallow him up and his purpose but instead he chose different and has made a huge contribution to this world.
What is your unique recipe and what is it aiding you in toward your purpose?
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