The Gift of Life

Life is a gift from God, to be used and enjoyed. To be useful is fullfiling and rewarding to the person and to the society of their influence. A man with a gift must also be able to take pleasure in the using of that gift, and that is a man who is alive. This is represented in the admonition of: "whatever you find to do, do with all your might, as unto the Lord".
The Evangelical Underground has a good article, and timely too. He's writing about the importance of finding your own niche, what I would call; being yourself. Everyone has unique experiences and influences in there life that has helped to form there opinions and personality.
While some of the other people want to conform to a standard ( of sorts ) I personaly like the approach of Individual Integrity. The ideal of being true to yourself, and of representing yourself truthfully.
It is timely in that this is a new weblog and I have the experience of others to build on, but not having the same experiences. They have learned by the doing, and I can benefit from there wisdom, and save time on my learning curve. This I think is one of life's most valuable lessons. So I will endeaver to use the lessons of my life, if by some chance it might benifit someone else and make their life more joyfull, and mine too.
That brings us to the beginning of the question, Being Yourself. This seems to be a simple enough question. Far from it, to understand who you are is to understand why you act and do the things that you do. I will give you my understanding of this quite complex issue in my next post.