Some of my family and friends are surprised by my blog, but I didn’t become a blogger/writer overnight! I know I’m always surprised when someone seems to change direction in life and reveal a new talent, profession. But … people don’t really make a huge change out of the ‘blue’!
We all have various talents and dreams hidden in us but there’s this problem we have in America …. we often think what we do for a living isn’t that important. We don’t value the way we spend our time. We many times don’t think that we can dream or achieve something outside what other American’s do. We are so steeped in needing to prove our worth thru material values, entertainment or excessive activities that we get stuck in a rut! Even Christians get trapped like this.
Alot of very intelligent, talented people work feverishly during the day and when we get home we don’t say, ‘I’m glad I get to go back there in the morning’, or ‘I’m glad to be working somewhere that’s fulfilling’! No, we’re usually stressed out, and looking for something to take our minds off work. It’s like we’re waiting for something outside of us to make us get out of our rut and develop our dream life. We wait for things to change, we wait for someone to notice us, motivate us. Some of us ask God to step in and deliver us.
We’re always gathering info, making decisions on what we like, what we’re good or bad at. No matter where we work, what type of profession we have, if we’re doing a pretty good job of it then we are also developing skills outside the main ones needed for our work. We’re interjecting our personality & creativity into our job all the time. Our minds never turn off, they are constantly making observations about our profession, our life needs, the worlds we see in others. Plus our private life holds keys to our real talents too …. our children, homes, spiritual life are full of abilities we’ve developed since a child/teen, things we never think twice about but are really good at.
Re: my growth to blogger …. working as a Preschool Director prepared my character, taught me about work habits. If you’re a Director you need to know curriculum, behavior of different age groups. My job gave me experience with staffing & staff relations, health codes, State licensing laws, budgeting, and advertising. I’ve also pursued all my life a love of the arts. I studied Eng Lit and history in college, writing workshops in Hollywood, UC SF. Have written a screenplay, produced and sung in bluegrass gospel concerts, but never gave blogging a try. I never ‘got’ ‘ chat rooms, or wanted Facebook …. they didn’t suit me, I thought. I guess I feared being too ‘public’, too open to criticism, clumsy. I’m not this writer who’s really clever, I write from a deep personal experience. I never gave blogging the credit for being the great creative power it is.
I’ve listened to others describe how we’re born with certain gifts that God can use to both fulfill us as well as help others. It wasn’t until Marc went to heaven that I started to be serious about blogging. We all go thru a searching period, a wake up call or failure in some areas before we settle in a new direction. Once you realize that only you can make a difference in one particular area, and you decide to go for it …. it’s very liberating!
Everyone has something he or she has been doing all their life that has the capability to turn their life around. There’s some old desire you can’t shake. Whatever field you’re destined for, you’ll bring more of the real you into it. You can be sure you’re involved in some aspect of it now, so examine your activities! Nothing we’re doing is by accident!