My neighbor's daughter has just graduated from college with an undergraduate degree in Nursing. (Kudos to her.) The daughter's plan is to go onto graduate school and after that, work as a midwife in the Australian bush. While the daughter is very excited and looking forward to her future, her mom worries about the unknown and fears what may happen in a strange land far from home and a mother's reach.
My Pastor's eldest daughter graduated from college last year and is currently in Cairo taking a crash course in Arabic. Her plan, at this point, is to ultimately work for the State Department. This daughter anxiously anticipated her upcoming year in Cairo and what may unfold upon her return, while her parents have trepidations about her study abroad, also because of the unknown.
Another young lady I know has acknowledged her passion and works for a children's non-profit. She left a job that she did not enjoy to embark upon her journey.
We all really do have a passion or passions. Some of us acknowledge and work out our passions, while the majority of us don't. Henry David Thoreau said, "Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them."
We all have a passion or a song. But, it takes abandon and courage to act upon our passions and follow a dream. It is much easier to get up every day to the known, however banal and mundane, then it is to take on something exciting, new and daring which speaks to our hearts and renew our energy daily. It is much easier to go to the same mind numbing and spirit robbing job every day because it is safe and helps pay our bills and maintains our lifestyles, then it is to stretch out and pursue a career which speaks to our passion(s).
It is much easier to stay in a relationship which doesn't honor or respect us then it is to walk away from that relationship and go it alone.
We take the same vacations to our familiar known spots rather then choose a place we have not visited and chance seeing, doing and experiencing something new, different and unknown.
We limit ourselves because of fear. Fear is an inhibitor and an evil spirit.
We really are meant to live extraordinary lives, if we would just trust. Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Lady Gaga, Tyler Perry, Taylor Swift and I could go on; they really are not different from us. They all at some point decided to answer a calling, follow a passion and walked into their destinies. They aren't Greek Gods born into enchanted and magical circumstances. They really are just everyday people who decided not to settle. But, I don't need to pick celebrities. What about your friend who is an outstanding and inspired and inspiring teacher? Perhaps she is someone who followed her passion. My godson (while I am not at liberty to say what he does) absolutely loves his job.
Wouldn't it be A-W-E-S-O-M-E to go to bed exhausted after a totally fulfilling day and then can't wait to get up the next morning in anticipation of taking on a new day?
How would that feel?
Peace
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