How Do *You* Make the World a Better Place?

The Question

Last week in the Animal Wisdom Circle, I was interviewed by Janet Roper who closed our session by asking me: “What is one thing that is the ‘Cara Essence’ that makes the world a better place?”

Before I share my answer with you, I invite you to think about how *you* would answer that question. There is a one in 400 billion chance of you being born as you. That makes you incredibly unique. What makes you you? What makes you unique? How does being you and sharing that unique combination of traits and qualities make the world a better place? If you could distill down all your unique attributes, what would that one thing be that is the essence of you?

My Answer

It took me a moment to gather my thoughts, but here is what I said to Janet, “I think the ‘Essence of Cara’ is combining the Sacred with the Playful. I like being the Girl Next Door who is the Mystic on the Mountaintop who likes to play practical jokes and laugh a lot but who also has a reverence for all life.”

I hadn’t put it all together like that before but a peace settled over me once I said the words out loud – I knew I had landed on a piece of my personal Truth. This Essence is something that is unique to me and it’s something that I can express and share in the world no matter what I’m doing. And when I do that (share my essence) I am automatically making the world a better place because that’s what each of us is here to do – share our gifts and ourselves with the world.

An Invitation

Taking a moment to think about myself from another perspective had a really deep impact on me. When we ask ourselves questions that are out of our ordinary thoughts and routines, we open ourselves up for deep personal discovery. And the more we know ourselves, the more of a force for good we can be in our world because knowledge is power. Each time I talk to an animal in the Animal Wisdom Circle, I ask him or her My 3 Questions. (The questions are: What is your Spiritual Gift? What is your Spiritual Lesson? Do you have a Message for people?) I also like to end my interviews in the Animal Wisdom Circle by asking my guests their answers to these questions.

Since I was the guest being interviewed this month, Janet Roper asked me My 3 Questions and (because it’s fun!) I also asked My 3 Questions to her. You can hear the interview and our answers to the questions here.

This week, I posted ‘My 3 Questions’ in the Animal Wisdom Circle Facebook Group. If you want to go deeper with these questions, please join us on Facebook! I hope taking some time to answer these questions for yourself will lead you into a greater awareness of who you are and what you bring to the world.

Your Answer to How You Make the World a Better Place

Now it’s your turn to share.

“What is one thing that is the ‘Essence of You’ that makes the world a better place?”

I’d love to hear from you! Please share your Essence in the comments!