Boy has it been a minute!!!!!!!!!!!!
Im sure you know by now.. I suck at blogging!! Idk why I even started, but every time my heart gets heavy I feel this need to blog, but I get shy and sleep away the sadness.
Well since my last post...I have gotten married, lost my job, and am currently 4 months into my first pregnancy. Its been an interesting journey, which I will share on a later date.
On to my topic today:
Do we ever feel fulfilled in life?
I just sent an email of encouragement to an associate of mine who is completing her master's degree, is a consultant who manages a team of 5or more people in one of the nations fortune 500 companies and she has "checked all the boxes" in her life but she is single, so she feels....well im sure you can imagine how she feels.
Then there is someone like me, married, with child and cant think of any box that I have completely checked off, currently unemployed and not quite sure what my next move is supposed to be....but something tells me that because I have a "ring on it" my dear associate would probably trade places with me in a heart beat.......Not that there is anything wrong with that, but I cant help but imagine, if she got married tomorrow....would she feel fulfilled? wouldn't there be something else that she does not have that she think she needs to complete her?
Where does our contentment lie? Is it in education, family, church, friends? how many degrees till we feel "accomplished" or how many friends till we feel "loved" or how many more church functions can we attend to feel "sanctified."
I have been fortunate enough to attend a weekly teaching series on self awareness and I tell you, if you dont know who you are, especially us Christians, then we have a very tough road ahead of us and its not fun.
Believer or no believer though, its imperative that you try to figure out your self worth outside of your accolades because when you walk across that stage with your doctorates degree in hand and realize that you are still not "fulfilled" and you are.... mmhhmm lets say even 35 yrs old....it affects everything else..... and not in a positive way
Find yourself!!!! Set reasonable goals!!!! Attain those goals, but know that your achievements do not define you!!!!!!!!!
For the past 4 months I have been struggling with the idea of being unemployed and feeling like an utter failure, but that was because I thought that having/not having a job somehow changed who I am... it doesn't. I am still me, God's loved one, my mother's daughter, my husband's wife and most importantly...my
baby's mama :)
In all things I truly give God praise and I know that my true satisfaction is with Him. I hope you find yours.
