You Take the Breath Right Out of Me
Alright, as many people have done, I'll take a look back at my 2007 (although without a really good memory, I can't do the "month to month" thing... so live with it).
2007 started out fairly well. I was dating Summer at that time and thought that things were going well in the relationship and would continue to do so. I was still working at my favorite grocery store, which for those of you who continually read this, know it wasn't the high point of my life. So, I decided to re-apply to Miami University and try to get my PhD in Political Science - oh, how the God of Surprises and Left Turns changed much of that.
At some point during Lent last year, I began to feel like my life was stagnant; I felt very distant from God and His plans for me. I began praying about what it was that I was supposed to do with my life: do I go back to Detroit? Do I stay in Oxford at go to Miami? Do I stay with Summer? Or do I do something else? Well, during a Reconciliation Service during Lent, I poured my heart out to the Jesuit performing the sacrament. He gave me words that not only cleared my mind at that moment, but changed everything probably for the rest of my life. The jesuit told me, "Stop worrying about what you want to do, and start doing what God wants you to do... and have the guts to do it." While praying after Reconciliation, I was talking to God about my journey and what He wanted me to do. The answer I received, the Jesuit Volunteer Corp, JVC. I prayed about it for several weeks and decided it was were I should go. So, I applied and within several weeks I knew that I would be getting to cross off two major points on my life's to do list, 1) Live in a major city and 2) Teach high school.
Well, to move to NYC to teach high school while joining JVC, I knew that a relationship was impossible - so I ended it with Summer - it was a tough, but necessary decision. The rest of the spring and summer was all a blur - working at the grocery store, hanging out with friends, reconnecting with old friends... it was great. I got my friend Jordan a job at my grocery store, which was amazing, because I was able to not only reconnect this friendship that had grown distant, but our friendship blossomed. She really became one of my best friends during 2007.
The move to NYC... JVC... teaching high school... all posted about before. NYC offered me a chance to really get to know myself, explore who I really am. I mean, here I am in one of the biggest cities in the universe without close friends and family around me, so I had to figure out who I was, what I wanted to do, how I would live my life. And yeah, things got a little crazy at times; it's NYC - that's what happens. But it's shown me new and different aspects to my life and personality that needed some air to grow.
That was some of the most important aspects of my 2007 right there - now, as for the New Year, only time can tell. As I lie here on the couch, I can say I really have little idea for the future. I'm running out of time on graduate school and will probably not apply for next school year. I am thinking about possibly trying law school, but I need time to study for the LSAT and look into law programs, but still are not 100% sold on the idea. I'm not sure with my current job that I would stay another year at my high school, although part of me wants to stay for a little bit of stability and hopefully for a little bit of money - all of this assuming they would even ask me back for another year. Things are up in the air right now. But, if beginnings set the tone for everything else, well, after my New Year's Eve, let's just say 2008 is shaping up to be a crazy year.
Peace kids,
Steve
2007 started out fairly well. I was dating Summer at that time and thought that things were going well in the relationship and would continue to do so. I was still working at my favorite grocery store, which for those of you who continually read this, know it wasn't the high point of my life. So, I decided to re-apply to Miami University and try to get my PhD in Political Science - oh, how the God of Surprises and Left Turns changed much of that.
At some point during Lent last year, I began to feel like my life was stagnant; I felt very distant from God and His plans for me. I began praying about what it was that I was supposed to do with my life: do I go back to Detroit? Do I stay in Oxford at go to Miami? Do I stay with Summer? Or do I do something else? Well, during a Reconciliation Service during Lent, I poured my heart out to the Jesuit performing the sacrament. He gave me words that not only cleared my mind at that moment, but changed everything probably for the rest of my life. The jesuit told me, "Stop worrying about what you want to do, and start doing what God wants you to do... and have the guts to do it." While praying after Reconciliation, I was talking to God about my journey and what He wanted me to do. The answer I received, the Jesuit Volunteer Corp, JVC. I prayed about it for several weeks and decided it was were I should go. So, I applied and within several weeks I knew that I would be getting to cross off two major points on my life's to do list, 1) Live in a major city and 2) Teach high school.
Well, to move to NYC to teach high school while joining JVC, I knew that a relationship was impossible - so I ended it with Summer - it was a tough, but necessary decision. The rest of the spring and summer was all a blur - working at the grocery store, hanging out with friends, reconnecting with old friends... it was great. I got my friend Jordan a job at my grocery store, which was amazing, because I was able to not only reconnect this friendship that had grown distant, but our friendship blossomed. She really became one of my best friends during 2007.
The move to NYC... JVC... teaching high school... all posted about before. NYC offered me a chance to really get to know myself, explore who I really am. I mean, here I am in one of the biggest cities in the universe without close friends and family around me, so I had to figure out who I was, what I wanted to do, how I would live my life. And yeah, things got a little crazy at times; it's NYC - that's what happens. But it's shown me new and different aspects to my life and personality that needed some air to grow.
That was some of the most important aspects of my 2007 right there - now, as for the New Year, only time can tell. As I lie here on the couch, I can say I really have little idea for the future. I'm running out of time on graduate school and will probably not apply for next school year. I am thinking about possibly trying law school, but I need time to study for the LSAT and look into law programs, but still are not 100% sold on the idea. I'm not sure with my current job that I would stay another year at my high school, although part of me wants to stay for a little bit of stability and hopefully for a little bit of money - all of this assuming they would even ask me back for another year. Things are up in the air right now. But, if beginnings set the tone for everything else, well, after my New Year's Eve, let's just say 2008 is shaping up to be a crazy year.
Peace kids,
Steve