Interesting Life Coaching Exercise

I recently started working with a life coach, due to my dissatisfaction with my career and general cluelessness about what my purpose in life is. My life coach and I talk via phone every 1-2 weeks and in between those calls, I have assignments.

One of this week's assignments was to imagine the people in your life (family, close friends, etc.) giving you one gift. I had to list what gift each person would give me and what it would represent. I thought it was an odd exercise, but I actually ended up enjoying it greatly. It really made me think about a gift that would sum up each special person in my life. For example, I said my dad would give me a shovel, because he values hard work. He is the hardest working person I know. My mom would give me a cookbook, because she loves cooking, but mainly because taking care of family is so important to her.

As the list went on and on, I began thinking about what my gift to others would be. How would other people sum me up into one gift? What would I want that gift to be? For Christians, no matter what the gift is, it should be wrapped in a "Jesus" bow, because we're supposed to share Him with everything we do. But what would my actual gift be? Hopefully when I figure out my mission as a result of this coaching process, my gift will become clearer.