Where are you with your sense of wholeness today?
How whole do you feel?

The ABC news with Charlie Gibson has been presenting a "Person of the Week" on their program every Friday evening. As I do not watch the program regularly, I am not sure when they began this particular type of reporting. However, I was deeply affected by their story of a young woman who was attending a small college in one of the eastern states. Her name is Tiffara Steward, and her story will remain within my heart for a very long time.

Tiffara is 4' 6" tall and loves to play basketball. As I recall, her academic grades were high and she had goals toward an advanced degree. She applied to a larger school with the hopes of playing college basketball and was accepted as a student but was declined as even a consideration for the basketball team. Further, Tiffara was willing to accept those terms....until she received another offer.

A smaller college knew of her skills as she had played in high school and had a strong 3 point shot as well as excelled in steals. They contacted her and invited her to play for their school with a full scholarship. She accepted and one of her dreams began to be fulfilled.

She has played outstanding ball for the school and set records in both 3 point shots and steals. Tiffara became one of the co-captains of the team. Her teammates were awed by her abilities in that she never used her height as an excuse for her performance. This truth in itself is quite amazing, to be so short and be accepted by a college to play ball and then set records. What is even more amazing is that Tiffara was born prematurely and was severely physically affected. She has scoliosis (which is basically a crooked spine) and walks with a limp. She is also blind in one eye and is partially deaf! And still she excels! Some of her teammates did not realize she had other physical impairments. Amazing!

To me, this is all possible because this young woman sees herself as whole. Her sense of wholeness is not measured by her physical traits; it is lived through her sense of purpose and the fulfillment of her dreams. She will always be in inspiration to me.

So many of us, myself included, have used various reasons for why we are or are not doing what we love or living the life we desire. The questions that arose for me after watching her story were: How whole do I feel? Where am I with my wholeness today?

Right now in this moment, close your eyes and take a few deep breaths and tune in to sense your wholeness. What can you release to allow your wholeness to flow? What energies would support your sense of wholeness to expand? Observe, listen, and go forth living wholly........