As my life here in the Tenderloin comes to a close, and my departure date for Thailand grows ever more near, the more and more I realize that I don't want to live an ordinary life.
I don't want the nine to five job, that I probably hate. I don't want the degree that I never use. I don't want the typical house in the typical suburban neighborhood where all the houses look the same. I don't want to wake up every day wondering if I could be somewhere else, doing something incredible.
I want my job to be a lifestyle. I want my career to be people. I want my home to be wherever God puts me to help people in need. I want to wake up every day KNOWING that I am where I am supposed to be, doing something incredible.
I want to travel. I want to love. I want to share Jesus. I want to take risks. I want to do the unordinary. I want to raise eyebrows and frustrate the norm. I want to live life to the fullest. I want to see adventure and take life-threatening chances. I want to follow the voice of God, no matter what everyone else says. I don't want to worry about what everyone else is doing.
I want everyday to be another new adventure.
Do no limit yourselves!
I cannot seem to stress that enough! Don't be afraid! Don't think that your dream is unreachable! YOU ARE A WORLD-CHANGER. All you have to do is believe. Don't let anyone bring you down or tell you that you can't do something. Because you can. You just have to believe that God has something incredible in mind for your life. Something so much better than anything you could ever imagine.
All you have to do is listen. Stop thinking so hard and so much. Stop analyzing. Stop trying to figure things out on your own with your puny little human brain!
STOP PUTTING GOD IN A BOX!
Sometimes God doesn't make sense. Sometimes He will ask you to do things you don't understand. Sometimes you will have to stretch yourself, break your prejudice, and your pride to grow closer to Him. Sometimes you'll have to change your beliefs or your silly human "system" of living. Sometimes things won't be planned.
not everything can be written on a schedule, limited to a date and time.
LIVE LIFE! Forget schedules and appointments. Start today, and make your dream come true. No matter what it is. It's not impossible! I'm not just some strung-up girl, high on emotion.
GOD HAS A PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE. An incredible one. the best one.
Don't settle for second best. Don't be the average. Go against the statistics!
"Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she smiles at the future."
-Proverbs 31:25
