Prioritizing life can be such a headache. You'd think that people's schedules would be filled with things they love and are good at doing. I mean, why would anyone fill their time with responsibilities they aren't passionate about?! Sadly, that doesn't seem to be the way life works. It's annoying!
My life currently consists primarily of work, school, relationships, and photography. Of course, other things creep in from time to time like sleeping, eating, transportation, shopping, car repairs, down-time, etc. Then there are the things I'd love to do but don't have the time or money to do ... things like traveling, painting, biking, road-trips, surfing, scuba diving, snowboarding, rock climbing, exercising, going out on the town, etc. How do you fit it all in? How do you sacrifice the things you love for the things you like ... or worse, for the things you need but don't necessarily even enjoy?!
One of my big dilemmas right now is actually a pretty nice dilemma to have ... it involves traveling. For the first time in my life I'm working at a job that's full-time with a salary and benefits and the whole shebang. As wonderful as that is, it also means limited vacation. I know, I know, welcome to the real world, right? Well, I have a week where I'm visiting one of my best friends for his wedding ... that's a given. I've been trying to decide what to do with my other week off. I was thinking of going back to Cuba or maybe up to Alaska to do some camping or something. As it turns out, one of my other best friends is in need of some help with his missions business and wants me to fly down to Kentucky to help him out for a week. So, I can either have a traveling adventure on my own or a working vacation with one of my best friends.
My dad has told me on several occasions that every decision you make involves a sacrifice. We sacrifice time to have money, or money to have time. We sacrifice going someplace on vacation to go to another place instead. We sacrifice having one relationship in order to have another. Life is full of decisions ... and the worst part is, there aren't always right/wrong decisions. Sometimes a decision is perfectly fine no matter which one you make ... we just need to decide what we're willing to sacrifice.
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Jeff...My verse at decision times is always..."TRUST in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding...in ALL your ways acknowledge HIM, and he will direct your paths"...this way it will be God's way just for you!
....and its always the very best!
My prayers are with you, Janet
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