Discovering Gifts

dear dairy, I've been thinking about some of the incredible people that I have known through-out my life.As i have thought about them ,I begin to recognize the gifts they had shared.Many people are not aware of their gifts.this came to me yesterday.I had stated in my last entry that I pray most everyday to have a loving attitude.You have to remember most of this thinking is new to me.(not that I did not have good thoughts about people before),the habit I have formed ,going to my guiet place and listening for God and Jesus to teach me,show me what I am not aware of .This time it was about what I hadn't realized about a loving attitude.I was being childish,not sure what to do in making a decison .Then the insight came,I had been given gifts that I needed to use.I heard two words,"wisdom,and fortitude",these gifts are part of a loving person.I also thought about when we have been blessed with a certain gift and we choose not to use it,"we loose it."This immediately put me back on track,and I felt so blessed,and proud that I had been these gifts,and I did exactly what my decision was.Some times our gifts are obvious;a person has a lovely singing voice,a person is very attractive,a great writer.Now I want to share with you other gifts,the ones many people don't see.I knew a man ,that most people walk by him and not even notice (I would have been one of those people).I think of him as a great story teller.He had story everyday,sometimes from his childhood ,sometimes not.He loves the forrest animals,and made it his duty to take care of them.He told me a snake had been discovered outside our building and he was trying to save it's life .It was a large snake;he told me that when he was a boy,living in the country his house had a large hole in the floor for this large snake to come into the house and eat the mice.That's one I will never forget and I will never him and his gift.