I came here that way!

My husband, Ken Mathis, had six children, all grown up when I met him. He used to tell me how different they all were as children. With one in particular, he and his first wife wondered if the baby had been switched in the nursery! He used to tell me about how their personalities and differences appeared so early: "They came here that way," he said. It seems to be very true. We come here with ways of being that aren't necessarily traceable to our family or our conditioning. Those unique ways of being are both a gift, and often a puzzle -- when we don't fit in. I think many of us are born for the times we are growing up into, where we have a special part to play in the way our society and our world are changing. If you are young and you don't "fit," it may be you are to be part of an effort or a profession that isn't even invented yet! Maybe YOU are going to invent it! Is this part of the confusion young people so often feel today about what they really want to do? If you are here on the planet now, I bet there is something special you have to contribute, but it is not very likely somebody else is going to be able to tell you exactly what that is. I like the way Generation Y is changing the workplace and asking questions older people cannot answer for them. And refusing to be workaholics, making life balance a priority. Check out this book: "Keeping the Millennials: Why Companies are Losing Billions in Turnover to This Generation-- and What to do About it." by Dr. J.G. Sujansky and Dr. Jan Ferri-Reed.