Today's Rambling Thoughts
Some of you have known me for a really long time. And some of you who have not known me for a really long time still know that my entire life I've wanted to grow up and help people. I focused so much energy on learning how to be in service to others throughout my adolescence
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I think Hollin's on to something with this line...
"I can imagine that a complex, intelligent, and multi-skilled women such as yourself would have a lot of conflicting concepts of "the good life" and it doesn't surprise me at all that after fulfilling one ideal you still feel that some part of you is left hungry."
I've felt that a lot lately. What *is* the life I'm meant to live? What does it look like, who is there with me?
Mostly I've noticed that every time I start a new adventure, I hold out hope that finally my life will feel settled and full and satisfying in the way I imagine it to be. And yet there has always been something missing: financial security, ability to travel easily, the right job, space to garden, that special someone. Some of those things are now in my life, and yet I still feel not quite satisfied. I'm beginning to wonder if I ever will.
What is it, I wonder, that really stops us from just plunging in to the depths and just doing what feeds us? Aside from money, which is a valid reason, but I'm not always convinced that it's the obstacle we make it out to be. What are the steps between life as it is in this moment and the life we envision?
I've always loved this quote by Frederick Buechner. I keep out out in my room where I can see it, a beacon, however small, on the path I'm traveling these days.
"The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet."
I can't wait to see you next weekend!
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