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Soul Salon 灵魂沙龙
The Line Between Ordinary and Extraordinary
by Rena M. Reese
I t is in our nature to be extraordinary. Just like a tiny acorn, we are
packed with the potential for astounding greatness at the start of our
lives. With the proper conditions, the acorn becomes the mighty oak and
with appropriate nurturing, we too grow, thrive and burst forth to create an
extraordinary life.
Every human being, like every seed, takes form with a built-in divine code of instruction. The corn kernel and acorn, for
example, each allow their divine programming to effortlessly unfold in perfect time. The spiritual equivalents of a seed’s
need for “water, soil and light” are your life-experiences, natural-born talents and intuition. Each of these helps to
illuminate your life path and life purpose. Now more than ever it seems people are tapping into this inborn wisdom in
their quest to create an extraordinary life.
So what make a person extraordinary?
From the moment you took your first breath, you were extraordinary. You had not yet gone to school, earned any letters
after your name or earned a single cent. You had not yet provided any service and had not achieved any great
accomplishment other than making your way into this world. You were born into this life extraordinary. The great
spiritual teacher Deepak Chopra says, “By knowing something, you become it”. So today, please know that you are and
have always been extraordinary, regardless of your present-day assessment of your life.
Building an Extraordinary Mindset:
You create extraordinary results; extraordinary results do not create an extraordinary you.
What truly makes us extraordinary are not our degrees, titles, bank accounts or
the beauty of our physical bodies. Each of these is simply an outlet for your
extraordinary nature to be expressed and take form. Additionally it reveals
where you have placed you precious attention. If you give undue credit to your
dollars and degrees as a measure of what makes you extraordinary, then you
cease to be extraordinary when the status of one of these things changes. The
truth is your extraordinary nature is fixed and unchangeable, regardless of the
events that take place in your life.
Adversity often provides the opportunity for you to reveal your extraordinary nature.
When Denise Taylor courageously supported her daughter, Jonnae, through her battle with
leukemia, she did not yet know how the eventual loss would re-route her life. Jonnae’s
Heavenly Birth, not only revealed Denise’s calling in life, it would also become the title of
the book in which she would write about her experience. Denise mined for the gift hidden in
her profound loss and infused it into the dynamic inspirational speeches she now gives all
over the globe as the founder of the We Get To Organization (WeGetTo.com). Another
example of this premise is in the promise Nancy G. Brinker made to her dying sister Susan
G. Komen that she would do all she could to help end breast cancer forever. That promise
was the seed from which the Susan G. Komen for the Cure (komen.org) grew. To date it has
generated an estimated one billion dollars for research and support. (continued on page 14)
12 Yang-Sheng (Nurturing Life) Volume 2, Issue No. 1