{"id":428,"date":"2015-12-27T19:26:05","date_gmt":"2015-12-27T19:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/becausethisisyourlife\/?p=428"},"modified":"2015-12-27T19:26:05","modified_gmt":"2015-12-27T19:26:05","slug":"what-exactly-is-your-place-in-this-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/becausethisisyourlife\/2015\/12\/what-exactly-is-your-place-in-this-world.html","title":{"rendered":"What Exactly Is Your Place In This World?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;d like you to take a moment and do some self reflection here. Even if you have done this already, I want you to really ask yourself, &#8220;What is my place in this world?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It may sound like a simple question but it is an important one. If you find yourself saying, &#8220;I&#8217;ve done this already&#8221; or &#8220;I know this already&#8221;, I encourage you to do it again.<\/p>\n<p>As you write down your answers what do you see?<\/p>\n<p>I ask myself this question on a regular basis and one very interesting thing that comes up often is that, I have realized that I&#8217;m not above or below anyone else.<\/p>\n<p>In some areas I may be at a higher skill level, and this is the case with those things I excel at&#8230;but this doesn&#8217;t mean that I&#8217;m above or below anyone, nor is anyone above or below me.<\/p>\n<p>Why am I bringing this up?<\/p>\n<p>Because the same is true of you. You&#8217;re not better or worse than anyone and others are not better or worse than you.<\/p>\n<p>Others aren&#8217;t above or below you just like you&#8217;re not above or below anyone else.<\/p>\n<p>You may have heard me say that we&#8217;re all the same but we&#8217;re different from one another as well.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re all the same because we have every trait but where we are different is how we express those traits. This is what makes up the uniqueness of who you are.<\/p>\n<p>So the next time you get that split second thought that someone else has something you don&#8217;t, instead of minimizing yourself to them, honor your own brilliance.<\/p>\n<p>The next time you see someone else who may think that they are above others (some call this having a big ego) remind yourself about the power of being humble.<\/p>\n<p>So what exactly is your place in this world?<\/p>\n<p>It is what you decide it to be. It&#8217;s what you&#8217;d love to be doing not what you&#8217;re &#8220;supposed&#8221; or &#8220;have&#8221; to be doing.<\/p>\n<p>And along with that comes an equal balance of the positive and negative.<\/p>\n<p>Allow yourself to be poised and present because this is when you are in your heart which is the most powerful place you can be.<\/p>\n<p>I like to say that HEART stands for&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Healing<br \/>\nEnergy<br \/>\nAlways<br \/>\nResonates<br \/>\nTruth<\/p>\n<p>Realize the truth of your magnificence and take the time to know what you are here to be, do, and have.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;d like you to take a moment and do some self reflection here. Even if you have done this already, I want you to really ask yourself, &#8220;What is my place in this world?&#8221; It may sound like a simple question but it is an important one. 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