Have I talked about Gala Darling yet? She is a fabulous fashion blogger whom I met in NYC at the Style Coalition Fashion 2.0 Awards in February. Amazing eccentric style tempered with a down to earth approach to life- both aspects of this lovely lady fill me up every time I visit her blog! Recently, I read the following quote on her site:

“I’m a really big believer that we all have this voice inside of us, & that voice is God talking to us, & we are all magical, & we all have something as specific to do as our fingerprint. & everybody should go out & do that. & I think between the ages of 15 & 32, don’t worry about getting married, don’t worry about settling down, don’t worry about having a baby. Give birth to yourself.” — Kelly Cutrone

Call it God, call it the Universe… or simply call it Dharma. Dharma is the sanskrit word that translates to finding the role you are meant to play in this world. It is not about asking, “What do I get out of this?” but more “How can I help here?” It is when you recognize your talents and the needs of the world and put the two together. Thereby, helping the world by doing what you are naturally good at and meant to do in this life. Little easier said than done…

I always find it a bit daunting to just sit down and map out your talents. So one way to do this is to ask your mom. Ask someone who knew you when you were growing up- about 8- 12 years old- and ask them what you were doing with your time. What lit you up? Those same unbiased interests are probably the ones you still hold and innately have an aptitude to preform. When you are doing those things, time passes without notice because you have a passion for what you are doing. I have been thinking a lot about this lately, and I really appreciate Kelly saying that a major life focus should be to find out who you are and what you are meant to do in this life. I could not agree more. How about you? What were you doing as child? What do you think your Dharma is?