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This week’s writing prompt is: TALENT
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This week my 14-year-old daughter and I got to see a live performance of Hamilton.
We were blessed to get discounted group tickets from a friend a few months ago, and gifted them to my daughter for Christmas. We’ve been counting down for more than a month to be in the room where it happens. She planned her whole outfit weeks in advance, including her Hamilton t-shirt and necklace. She made herself a Hamilton bracelet and ordered Hamilton earrings for the occasion. We went all out.
The performance was incredible, as expected. It certainly did not disappoint.
I find it absolutely remarkable that anyone could have so much talent to write not only the song lyrics for such a phenomenal production, but the score as well.
The combined talent represented on stage was beyond inspiring.
But one of my favorite things about watching Hamilton with my daughter was that she could see herself represented on the stage. Besides the movie Black Panther, she does not get to see people of color forming the majority of a cast — whether on the page, stage, or screen. For her to watch such incredibly talented individuals with skin that matches hers using their God-given gifts in positive, inspirational ways — it was worth every penny we spent on the tickets.
STOP.
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There’s so much that’s been wasted,
so much ability,
and it’s time we faced it,
our country’s tragedy.
I’m speaking, now, not of race,
or the country once called home,
or the curse of living space;
I speak of Down’s Syndrome.
I speak of kindly angels
who truly only know
that written on life’s pages
only love can glow.
Did you lately try to understand,
let the least of these lead you by the hand?
It sounds amazing! I would love to see Hamilton, but it’s so expensive and hard to get tickets here (and by “here” I mean 400 miles away!). Hope to see it one day! I’m glad it was such a great experience for your daughter.
I’m unfamiliar with Hamilton but it sounds as though you and daughter had a thoroughly wonderful time!
Talents:It is a beautiful reminder of celebrating our own and those we love talents. We are each uniquely designed by our God for good things!! Me using my talents to work for the Lord through my talents and gifts or gifts he gave me is a great thought and motivator for me in my knew season of my life in 2020. I feel that a beautiful reminder of celebrating my own talents that the Lord gave me. In this season of my life He wants me to focus more on this in 2020. It is easy for me to compare myself to others. But now I am not going to compare myself to others. I now am focussing on how God has gifted be and I am going to do my best to use my talents for him. The quiet,behind the scenes talents are in some way just as important.