The Gift of Inadequacy

You are Enough: The Gift of Inadequacy

A Ted Talk by Taylor Gahm

A video worth watching many times!

"My idea worth spreading is that we're lucky when we don't measure up, when we don't fit in, when we don't have what it takes, because then we have the chance to uncover who we really are. It's our weaknesses and failures that show us are perfectly we fit in.

If someone makes fun of you, consider it a personalized, hand engraved opportunity to finally be free.

You've hit the jackpot when you're at the end of your rope, hitting rock bottom with nothing left to lose, because it's only when you've lost it all that you can see how valuable you are, that you are enough, and that you belong."

Taylor Gahm

It kind of sounds like Matthew 5, to me, in the Message Bible:

3 “You’re blessed when you’re at the end of your rope. With less of you there is more of God and his rule.

4 “You’re blessed when you feel you’ve lost what is most dear to you. Only then can you be embraced by the One most dear to you.

5 “You’re blessed when you’re content with just who you are—no more, no less. That’s the moment you find yourselves proud owners of everything that can’t be bought.

6 “You’re blessed when you’ve worked up a good appetite for God. He’s food and drink in the best meal you’ll ever eat.

7 “You’re blessed when you care. At the moment of being ‘care-full,’ you find yourselves cared for.

8 “You’re blessed when you get your inside world—your mind and heart—put right. Then you can see God in the outside world.

9 “You’re blessed when you can show people how to cooperate instead of compete or fight. That’s when you discover who you really are, and your place in God’s family.

10 “You’re blessed when your commitment to God provokes persecution. The persecution drives you even deeper into God’s kingdom.

I hope you've enjoyed this video as much as I have – it's definitely one worth watching over and over!

With all my love,

Sue

Susan Schiller knows how it feels to lose everything: marriage and family, church and reputation, finances and businesses, and more. Susan's upcoming, interactive memoir, "On the Way Home," tells the story of how she came to be known as "the most abused woman" her counselors had yet met and how she learned to navigate to freedom and fullness.

Today Susan helps people write their life stories, unearthing the treasures of their past and sowing them into their future, creating new family legacies.

The Gift of Inadequacy

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