dailydatewithgod

As a young person you hear a lot about having direction in your life.  I remember when I was entering college and in my first couple of years the emphasis on having a major or deciding a career path.  There was a lot of perceived pressure to have it all figured out.  As if I had any idea the twists and turns that my life would take.  I switched my majors a couple of times and in the end the degrees I received were not of a specific career field.  I ended up teaching those subjects in middle and high school but did not start out with a degree in education.  I made the decision to get a degree in History and Religious Studies with the intention of going back to get my teaching certificate (which I did) after I spent a year doing service as a teacher in an inner city.  I figured I would know then if it is what I really wanted to do.  The funny thing when I think about it is that I did go on to get my master’s degree in education while working as a full-time teacher and I completed it the year that I left teaching.  LOL! Funny how life works.  I remember feeling sorry for the students in college who were “undecided”–what a horrible label.  As if they were wandering around aimlessly with no direction.  Eventually we all had to declare a major.  I just went with what interested me and what I seemed to soak up.  We were all on the journey whether we had picked a major or not.  There is no skipping out on that.  If you are alive you are on the journey.  I think the point of direction is that you are willing to take a chance on listening to your heart.  Listening to an inner-guidance (God) that nudges you in a particular direction.  The journey is the experience.  If my college years were only to be measured by the actual degree then in retrospect those 4 1/2 years would have seemed fruitless.  Having the major simply determined whose path I crossed more often, perhaps some of the discussions I engaged in, things I was required to read, etc.  In the end however, it was me who showed up to those things (well, showed up most of the time ;)).  I put forth my time and energy to earn the degree but if I had made it all about the end result, I never would have gotten there.  It meant showing up each day and renewing my committment to the particular path I had chosen.  That is how we live our lives today.  I do my best to seek direction in my life from God within my heart.  I measure my actions by things that either draw me closer to that or further away from that.  That impetus is what drives me to show up each day imperfectly and do the best that I can.  I am grateful for the opportunity to be connected because there was a time in my life when I felt very lost and I showed up each day but with little hope or sense of purpose.  What directs your life?  How do you know you are moving in that direction?  My prayer for you today is that you have an opportunity to connect with your heart (God) and hear the direction you are being called to.  Make it a great one!  Peace~Colleen

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