Gifted

This is your daily card reading for Monday, July 21st/14.  Your card today was drawn from the fractal art deck, 'Return to Spirit', authored by Cheryl Lee Harnish.  Your card is the 'Gifted' card, and Cheryl Lee's message for the card is this:
"This card is a reminder that you are most certainly talented, gifted, and skilled in a very special way.  It's time to stop looking outside and comparing yourself to others.  Your gifts were never intended to function or work exactly the same as another person's gift.  By looking at how others are more gifted, or better gifted than you, you are unintentionally sending energy out to the Universe which says you are less than.  This action is the very thing that is blocking your gifts from developing to their fullest potential.  You cannot compare yourself to anyone else.  If you see greatness in someone else, it is because you hold the quality of greatness within you.  That is how the world mirrors ourselves for us, by seeing ourselves in others.
This card can also come if you are experiencing fear or apprehension about sharing your gifts with the world.  Underlying this fear are beliefs and doubts about whether you are enough, or good enough.  And Spirit is asking you to start addressing those beliefs immediately.  Sometimes our fear of sharing our gift is the very thing that blocks us from discovering how we can best use it in service to others.
In either case, the Gifted card comes because you are doubting yourself; questioning who you are as a person or whether you have anything of value to give.  Your unique gifts are very needed here on the planet.  Spirit is asking that you place your doubts aside and start to cultivate self-worth and personal value.  You were given certain gifts, because only you could bring them to the world in the way you do.  Trust your soul's wisdom in choosing the path you are on, and the gifts you are here to give."

My message for you today is this:
Even the Spiritual teachers and leaders that are 'high-profile' will tell you that they experience moments of self-doubt and lack of confidence in themselves and their gifts!  The difference is that they do not allow those moments to hold them back and leave them stagnant.  They have the deep understanding that Spirit is guiding them and pushing them (often outside their 'comfort zone') because they have something important to share with the world for the greater good.  Many of these Spiritual mentors are thought of as 'trail blazers' because they present information that is considered 'leading edge' or present it in a new way.  You are not MEANT to express your gifts in the same way as the person sitting next to you in class you are taking, for instance.  You are meant to take the learning and then carry it forward in your own unique way. I recently took a crystal wrapping class, in which we were instructed 'step-by-step' how to wire wrap our crystals.  We  followed the instructor's directions---and in fact, did each step in unison---yet what we each created was unlike anyone else's and ALL were beautiful!  Perfect!
Today, Spirit is reminding you that you were indeed given your gifts for a reason---that to deny your own personal gifts is to deny the Divine wisdom that bestowed them upon you!
So...move bravely through the self-doubt and embrace the fullness of who you are!
What a wonderful way to begin the week---with the acknowledgment and encouragement from Spirit that your GIFTS are recognized and valued!  In recognizing and valuing your GIFTS, you honour the Divine!
Blessed be...