Wise Black Pearls
Wise Black Pearl is more than illustrative podcast built on contemporary wisdom. It is also exhumes the pearl of wisdom from our rich past. The goal is to remove the shells from the eyes of our listeners and restore critical thinking to our global community. We want to leverage both successes and failures to provide insight to accelerate authentic and organic emotional well-being. Through spiritual wisdom, philosophical insight and anecdotal stories for health and wellness, prosperity, purposeful practice and preparation for success we offer tips for real lifelong JOY! The topics are curated to inform and encourage thought leaders and creatives to step into their gift and thrive there. This podcast will offer suggestions to recognize how uniquely special you truly are. We will explore best practices and frameworks for understanding your reason for being and other compelling topics.
Hosted by Maceo Z Keeling
Wise Black Pearls
Embracing Your Uniqueness: Why You're Already the Greatest of All Time
What does it truly mean to be the "Greatest Of All Time"? Beyond sports legends and celebrities, there lies a profound truth about your own greatness that's hiding in plain sight.
Your fingerprints, retina pattern, and voice are completely unique to you—sophisticated biological signatures that have never existed before and never will again. This level of customization isn't random; it suggests you were intentionally designed for something extraordinary. The paradox? Everyone else shares this same uniqueness, making us all simultaneously special and common in our distinctiveness.
When we celebrate certain individuals for their achievements while dismissing others, we miss the deeper wisdom: we were all created to contribute something different. Not everyone will climb Mount Everest or solve quantum physics equations—and that's precisely the point. Our differences create a tapestry of complementary abilities that enrich our collective experience. The true challenge isn't competing with others but discovering our authentic purpose.
As Marianne Williamson powerfully articulates in "Our Deepest Fear," what truly scares us isn't our inadequacy but our immense power. Many of us dim our light to avoid making others uncomfortable, but this serves neither us nor the world. Like the sure-footed mountain goat traversing seemingly impossible terrain, we must be resolute in expressing our gifts, regardless of external validation or recognition.
Your greatest gift to the world isn't shrinking to accommodate others' insecurities—it's shining so brightly that you unconsciously grant permission for everyone around you to do the same. When you embrace your unique capabilities, you don't diminish others—you elevate them.
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Thank you for listening to this episode of Wise Black Pearls. We're going to talk about the goat today, and when I say the goat, what comes to mind? Or, for that matter, who comes to mind? Do you have an image of a goat on the side of a mountain, on a sheer cliff, looking like he was about to fall, but he's sure-footed and resolute about getting where he's going? Or do you get an image of Muhammad Ali, the greatest of all time? That's what the letters in the word goat stands for.
Speaker 1:It's an acronym. It's when you make a word out of the first letter of other words to come up with the word that you're using. So we're going to talk about the word GOAT today and we're going to talk about what it means to you and how you can become a GOAT. You see, the way we're created really is the evidence that you need to know that you already are the greatest of all time. Take a moment and think about why the Creator built you the way you were built, with your own individual fingerprints. No one else on the planet has it like you do, or your retina. No other person living or that ever lived before you had your retina, your voice box Technology today can recognize your specific voice print. It's pretty amazing that someone, something, saw fit to make you so incredibly unique, so specialized, custom-made even, and that distinguishes you from everyone else on the planet. But here's the part that we also get confused it also makes us, just like everyone else on the planet, unique and special. So when we celebrate people that do amazing things, it's a great thing, but when we hate on people, it's a waste of time and energy, because they're just like us. They're unique and special as well, and that's why it's critically important to understand, recognize, acknowledge and even celebrate the differences between us. We were all put here uniquely so we could do something different, and it may not be something that everyone wants to celebrate. There are people who have done amazing things and we never hear about them or see them on social media or listen to them on podcasts or, for that matter, even know their names. But they're here, they're among us, they're unique, they're amazing and they're just like you. I mean, really, how excited would it be if everybody could do a dunk on a basketball court or if everyone could solve the mystery of black holes, if everyone understood quantum physics, if everyone knew and had the ability to hike to the top of Mount Everest or swim from Cuba to Miami.
Speaker 1:We all have our own special gifts and our own special ability, and the most difficult job we'll have in our life is to figure out what that is. But once we find out, once we recognize our reason for being, there's nothing and no one can keep us from our greatest and most important thing Now. Finding your true identity is one of the easiest and hardest things you'll ever do. One of the easiest and hardest things you'll ever do, because whenever you start a thing and it feels like it's too difficult, we tend to stop, we give up, we quit too soon, we stop just before we get the prize because it seems too hard. But we've also been given the gift to trample down things that get in our way and in so doing it makes us stronger, it makes us ready to do the things that we were sent here to do. That makes us great and special and amazing, and maybe the world will see it and maybe they won't. But the critical thing is to understand that you are walking in your gift, that you are moving your miracle in a way like the goat on the side of that mountain, that you're sure-footed, that you're resolute, that your message is going to come through and it doesn't matter if someone agrees, disagrees, or that they even know who you are.
Speaker 1:I recommend that everybody listening to this podcast go to their library and get a book by Merriam-Williamson A Return to Love. I'm about to share a poem from that book and I hope it inspires you and keeps you motivated as you move towards your special gift. We have to remember that our gifts are not for us, they are for everyone around us. Are not for us, they are for everyone around us. It's why we need to let our light shine as brightly as it can, and when someone says that you've outshined them or overshadowed them, it's probably because they've turned their light down so low. They have chosen to hate on you instead of celebrate with you. So keep your head up, shine your bright light, walk in your gifts and be in joy.
Speaker 1:Now I'm going to take a moment and share this poem, our Deepest Fear, by Marianne Williamson from the book A Return to Love. The reason why I shared that poem with you is because there's very specific parts of it that really resonated with me, the part that got me when I first heard it, when she said you don't serve the world by shrinking so that others won't be uncomfortable. I think it's important to know that if you're thoughtful, respectful, clear and concise listen to me talk about being concise but if you are then what you have to share could quite possibly be one of the greatest gifts that you could share with the world. In much the same way, her poem really resonated with me and hopefully it will resonate with you. And now our deepest fear from the book Return Love by Merriam-Williamson Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Speaker 1:Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves who am I to be? Brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightening about shrinking so that other people won't feel unsure around you, shrinking so that other people won't feel unsure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us, it is in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we consciously give other people permission to do the same as we are liberated from our own fear. Our presence automatically liberates others. I hope I've given you some fodder for thought that lifts you up, invigorates you and creates anticipation and enthusiasm as you move through your day. Please subscribe for premium content, share, follow and turn on notifications so you don't miss a single episode. Also, I wish for you, as always, joy, health, wellness, prosperity and salvation. Ciao.
