So far, I'm still in Brainstorm Phase of figuring out my civic engagement platform. And that's assuming that you know that by brainstorming, I mean that I haven't really thought about it at all. This week has been really diverting from start to finish, because I have a secret. That being said, the only good reason to be mysterious is to flaunt it in front of others without giving yourself away. So I'll just do that :)
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Last Monday in forum, a Miss Kay came and spoke with us about her workplace, a prospective place to start volunteer work for grief and loss education, The Healing Place (which is actually in league with Hospice of the Shoals." She started out by asking us, "What would you do for a living even if you didn't get paid for it?" That is a many-tiered question. I love to do lots of things, but all I could draw at the moment was an honest I-Don't-Know. "...Of course you want to make a living, but just dream a bit. The world is waiting for you to do what you are good at. Birds fly, fish swim - finish the sentence: I..." My only response is the one I consider Home Base: I live by faith to the service and glory of God. Of course, I wouldn't call that "what I'm good at."
I looove what she said about life just being a journey. I know, oh hey, cliche! But I like when people say things that I believe but don't often hear validated by others. It's reassuring. She said this life is a journey that's like trying on shoes, be it a career or anything else. Just because the shoe doesn't fit doesn't make you a failure. I think it's so easy to miss out on life because you're trying to fit in with some kind of mold. You avoid making awesome decisions to ensure that you're being logical and sensible, meanwhile just being ridiculous. Sometimes being what you perceive to be sensible = being wrong. It's all right to let yourself consider a different route, try on a different shoe, and see how it fits. You won't know it's right if you just walk by and tell yourself the shoes you've got are better. I'd say this applies in basically everything except the actual act of getting married. The vows you make at the altar is not a clubhouse pinky promise . It's a covenant with another human heart and God Almighty. Don't walk into a marriage considering divorce as an option. Muddling around when it comes to choosing your college major and minor and job and dog and paint color and chocolate preference is fine, but marriage ain't no shopping trip!
Having freaked out on that, time to go to forum.
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Last Monday in forum, a Miss Kay came and spoke with us about her workplace, a prospective place to start volunteer work for grief and loss education, The Healing Place (which is actually in league with Hospice of the Shoals." She started out by asking us, "What would you do for a living even if you didn't get paid for it?" That is a many-tiered question. I love to do lots of things, but all I could draw at the moment was an honest I-Don't-Know. "...Of course you want to make a living, but just dream a bit. The world is waiting for you to do what you are good at. Birds fly, fish swim - finish the sentence: I..." My only response is the one I consider Home Base: I live by faith to the service and glory of God. Of course, I wouldn't call that "what I'm good at."
I looove what she said about life just being a journey. I know, oh hey, cliche! But I like when people say things that I believe but don't often hear validated by others. It's reassuring. She said this life is a journey that's like trying on shoes, be it a career or anything else. Just because the shoe doesn't fit doesn't make you a failure. I think it's so easy to miss out on life because you're trying to fit in with some kind of mold. You avoid making awesome decisions to ensure that you're being logical and sensible, meanwhile just being ridiculous. Sometimes being what you perceive to be sensible = being wrong. It's all right to let yourself consider a different route, try on a different shoe, and see how it fits. You won't know it's right if you just walk by and tell yourself the shoes you've got are better. I'd say this applies in basically everything except the actual act of getting married. The vows you make at the altar is not a clubhouse pinky promise . It's a covenant with another human heart and God Almighty. Don't walk into a marriage considering divorce as an option. Muddling around when it comes to choosing your college major and minor and job and dog and paint color and chocolate preference is fine, but marriage ain't no shopping trip!
Having freaked out on that, time to go to forum.
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