I am in my second week of class and so far I am enjoying the material but not yet finding a fit for me in it. This week we are talking about our life goals and dreams. So many people live their lives with no purpose or plan in mind and so they waste precious time just wandering. As we focused on planning ahead and living a life with purpose I found myself looking back not looking forward. Have I lived a life a purpose so far? What more can I do with what is left of my life?
Like so many others I did not have a plan when I started out. I had an end goal in mind but no real path to reach it. I wasted time meandering around hoping someone else would set up my path. I was in my 30's before I started actively guiding my own life. I still did not have a plan but I was going to do something. I worked to teach myself how to manage a business and run an office. I used my desire to help my husband in his dream of being a business owner to give myself a purpose. I took my love of math and organizing things to set up his office and track in money. It took me a while to find a job that I learned to love and excel at.
Looking back I can see the choices and decision I made that got me here and I am please with the journey. I met and helped a great number of people along the way and guided others looking for purpose. It was an adventure that I do not regret.
Looking forward I am content to do more of the same. I have no great aspiration for wealth, I just want enough to live comfortably and help others that need it. Running our own business has allowed us to give jobs to young single adults looking for a way to pay for school. It has also allowed us to open our home to people who did not have anyplace else to go. In this way our money was sufficient to meet those needs and I am satisfied to continue this path. I am going to college purely for the selfish reason that I want to learn and this is a good place to start.
I am living my dream.
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