I've been doing a lot of thinking lately about my long-term goals for my life. Where I want to be, what I want to be doing, who I want to be doing this with, and when I want to start doing whatever it is all the other questions have led me to.
At this point in my life, I'm exactly where I want, and feel I need, to be. I have a job that I love and feel very blessed to have, I have amazing people in every aspect of my life, and I feel great about being out on my own, living in the city, and supporting myself. But I do think there's something more, something bigger I haven't landed on, yet. And that doesn't necessarily mean a different job, a new location, different friends, or an otherwise drastic change. It just means I feel like I still have a big adventure left to live.
My goal in life is to positively change the lives of others; to leave an imprint on their heart. For the first time since I joined Girl Scouts when I was in Kindergarden, I am not doing any type of regular volunteer work. Living an essentially self-centered life doesn't fly with me. Albeit it fun, I'm yearning for a little 'civic duty' action. Being that this directly coincides with my overarching life goal, I'm sure my big life adventure will in someway play out in this. I've been doing a lot of thinking lately about what I want to put my love and energy toward for the long term and I think I have a pretty good idea, I'm just a little unsure of how to take the plunge.
So when my office ordered in Pei Wei for lunch last Friday (yes, this post is referring to last Friday), I was ecstatic to open not just one, but two, fantastic fortunes which I feel were the encouragement I needed to push me into the right direction.
Fortune One: "Big journeys begin with a single step."
Fortune Two: "You will become more passionate and determined about your vision."
How perfect are those? I feel like cracking open those fortune cookies was God's little way of helping to give me the reassurance and confidence that I'm heading into a good thing. So will my big life adventure happen tomorrow? Probably not. Will I start preparing for it immediately? Absolutely.
Stay tuned for updates on what this Fortune Friday leads to.
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