How does that phrase go?
God laughs when men plan?
Surely I must have kept God laughing through the years.
(warning, this post grew exponentially compared to what I had originally thought out, I won't feel bad if you skip to the last section)
When I was 5 I was convinced that being a taxi driver was going to be the coolest thing in the world for me because at that age I loved long car rides--ok, I still do love long car rides but for some reason at that age I thought that since I liked car rides so much that surely I'd love driving people around all day equally as much. Also, even at that age I had a fair knowledge of back roads and such to get around town which I knew would help me in this promising career path.
I'm not sure when but I decided that was a silly job for me to do. I think it was the one and only episode I've ever seen of the re-run Taxi that changed my mind on that career. Also the fact that taxi's are not very common here or any of the other places on my list to live helped to convince me to change.
Flash forward a few years, I was determined to be a scientist. I am really good at quickly understanding concepts and theories of science stuff, and finding out how things work and came to be. In my physics class I could tell you all about quantum mechanics stuff but couldn't give you the calculations we were supposed to work with; thank the Lord that tests in that class included free response as well as math stuff. Then I realized that the calculations and other parts of the study I didn't really care for and living my life stuck in a lab (for that particular type of scientist I had planned on being) wasn't what I should be doing with my life
I'm not sure when but I decided that was a silly job for me to do. I think it was the one and only episode I've ever seen of the re-run Taxi that changed my mind on that career. Also the fact that taxi's are not very common here or any of the other places on my list to live helped to convince me to change.
Flash forward a few years, I was determined to be a scientist. I am really good at quickly understanding concepts and theories of science stuff, and finding out how things work and came to be. In my physics class I could tell you all about quantum mechanics stuff but couldn't give you the calculations we were supposed to work with; thank the Lord that tests in that class included free response as well as math stuff. Then I realized that the calculations and other parts of the study I didn't really care for and living my life stuck in a lab (for that particular type of scientist I had planned on being) wasn't what I should be doing with my life
[Edit: Present day. Now that I've grown my one-time goal of being a taxi driver is pretty funny with the knowledge and experience I now have. I think God works kind of like that--His level of wisdom far surpasses my own; so when I decide something that seems logically sound to my mind (like a 5 yr old planning on growing up to drive a taxi), He might be able to see things that I haven't learned about yet thus finding my choice funny while I still need to study, make a choice, plan and act (like learning to drive) before I learn why driving a taxi isn't for me.]
I have considered plenty of other major and career options besides those previously listed and let me tell you, each time I study an option out in my mind I wonder what exactly it is that God must be thinking when I tell him my choice and if He's laughing or applauding, maybe even applauding and laughing--you know, for my level creativeness.
My latest career choice?
I have considered plenty of other major and career options besides those previously listed and let me tell you, each time I study an option out in my mind I wonder what exactly it is that God must be thinking when I tell him my choice and if He's laughing or applauding, maybe even applauding and laughing--you know, for my level creativeness.
My latest career choice?
Finance planning.
(yay...)
(yay...)
Go a head and laugh, I know I have.
As I make a plan for my major and schooling plans for after the ol'bachlor program I feel like I can almost hear God laughing again, but if I don't plan I don't go anywhere and I don't give Him anything to guide me with. I'm getting that feeling again that more time for something else needs to be added in to the mix, which only means I've done one of my jobs and given Him something to guide me with, right?
Oh the unknown--
you are so hard to prepare for sometimes but you are exciting, I will give you that.
you are so hard to prepare for sometimes but you are exciting, I will give you that.
1 comment:
hmmm...i like the taxi driver idea....for that age. it's fantastic. you'll find out someday. i've had so many conversations with myself about what I want to do/be. i keep trying to do something else but always get pulled back to teaching.
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