Stepping Stones.

I would not be lying to you if I said that my lack of blog posts and updates were a solid indicator of how busy the last few months of my life have been. But despite the steady pace of my life, the time that has elapsed since my last post has proven to be, once again, filled with opportunities to learn and to grow.

I feel like I'm in a really "good" place in my life right now. For the majority of this year, and if anyone reads this silly blog you already know, I have wrestled the fog of confusion, finding my purpose in life, becoming fulfilled in my seemingly insignificant tasks and "to do's" that are expected of me from day to day. It has proven to be a pivotal journey in my life, for sure. But I feel I have come out of the fog and leapt into excitement for the future and what is to come in my life. I was/have been so bogged down by what seemed like the small steps of life, that I foolishly failed to see the small steps of life as they truly are, stepping stones.

Under the influence of my generation, I have adopted the midset, and sometimes work ethic, that would wish to bypass the "small steps" and get straight to the big things, ie. my dreams that my heart desires to fulfill. But life doesn't work that way. You can't run a mile one day and a week later run a marathon, you know? You have to train, build, prepare and engage yourself to small commitments first before you can even begin to reasonably expect the "big" things to come. That lesson has been humbling, to say the least, and I feel that I can apply it to several areas of my life.

My mom always says that this particular time in my life is my "prime" and that I should be living life to fullest and doing everything that I feel called to do, now. My mom is a very wise woman and I completely agree with her. I think my problem and struggle post-graduation has been that I got caught up in the bigger picture. I didn't see my current situation as part of my ultimate dream and what I feel called to do. But it is. My current situation is a stepping stone to get to the person I would ultimately like to become. And when I look at life through those lenses, I see everything about the moment I'm in now as a blessing and a time to take advantage of the opportunities right in front of me.