Tomorrow is my last first day of classes. The past month I spent at home in Franklin, TN was just the break I needed with my family to come back for the grand finale. Full of typical Payne Family fun of course. Parades, festivals, board games, family dinners (including one with a coworker of Robyn’s. A nice Indian man who did not eat meat). Then there was the repeated theme that most people were always asking about and a popular small chat topic of conversation with distant relatives.
The question :
What are you doing after graduation?
Their guesses are as good as mine.
My top career dreams are as follows:
-Own a greeting card boutique in Hillsboro Village. I would design my own line of cards while also stocking other trendy cute card lines.
-Become the next Diane Sawyer. Incredibly classy woman. I stopped watching Good Morning America when she went to the nightly news and have been a Today Show woman ever since.
-Write and Illustrate Children’s Books. I have one complete. I will get it published before I die.
But with everyone’s questioning and others comforting advice all I figured out was the simple fact that I don’t need to figure it out. I spend so much time trying to do everything I need justtttt right, but being at home I was reminded that my life has a plan, a plan that was created long before Robyn Watkins and Jim Payne even laid eyes on each other back in the day living their own college dreams. I am blessed by incredible parents who have taught me many life lessons, which are so much easier, said than done.
One night this Christmas Break I was battling the art of a cover letter. And when I say battling, it was a war of words. Nothing sounded quite right. The balance to make it professional yet memorable was frustrating me. After my frustrations got the best of me (and my loving supportive dad) I finally had a cover letter that I felt confident in sending to the employer. Robyn made a great point as she witnessed this interaction between Jimmy and I. She asked if I truly believed God had control. I said of course I do. She proceeded to make the point that God asks us to trust him in the plan, and me agonizing over a few wording issues would not make or break the plan.
As I begin my last first day of classes tomorrow, my plan goes out the window.
(I also will not be wearing a duck sweater, but I doubt this means I will go all day without something wild happening to me. If you are unaware of the duck sweater story, it is well worth your time reading that past blog entry.)
God’s plan and timing will be better than I can imagine. I don't want to live this semester focused on how my glory days will be ending, but more focused on how life after graduation will hold many new&outrageous chapters.
My life in this moment will be filled with nothing less than an abundance of love, adventure, and success.
-SJP
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