There’s a parable told by Jesus that beautifully describes someone’s readiness for a message, for a new insight or understanding.
It’s called the parable of the sower, and it goes like this: “A sower went to sow his seeds, and some fell on the road, and never took root. Some fell on shallow soil, and even though they took some roots, it wasn’t enough, and the sun scorched the tender plants. Others fell on good soil, and took good roots, but eventually other plants suffocated them, and they too died. While the rest of the seeds fell on good fertile soil, took roots, grew and gave a great crop.”
While Jesus was talking about the kingdom of heaven, the story itself can be adapted to many other topics and represents people’s readiness and receptivity to a new message for them, that can help them flourish.
Some are not ready. Some hear it, but don’t fully understand it. Others hear and understand it, but their old views still take over. While others are ripe and ready to hear the message and live it out.
Same with the message of the value of your unique creative nature.
The idea that you have a unique gift and inclination that is both exciting for you to do, and valuable for others to receive the benefit from.
This awareness of the value of your unique creative nature is like those seeds.
Some will be completely OBLIVIOUS to the fact that they can live in their creative element and do what they love for work.
Others will realize they have some things they really enjoy doing, but DISMISS them as not useful to make money and live from.
For others this awareness would help them value their unique gift, but other worries of the world would distract them and take priority, NEGLECTING their unique creative nature.
While for others, they would indeed hear this message, and take it to heart, and COMMIT to live it fully, to experiment with trusting their heart and joy to lead them to what they love, to their eventual purpose. And in time, reap the rewards of meaningful work they love.
“Whoever has ears, let them hear.”
Work better,
Liviu Beschieri