changing seasons

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My Friday just got proportionately better! It went from being wonderful to being FABULOUS.

I had just posted the following (see below post):

I’m excited about what is just around the corner – I don’t quite know what that is, but I’m seeing inklings, and it’s fabulous. Absolutely fabulous.

My very specific requests to go part time at the firm after the 1st of the year, plus for time off for some work related training conferences for my other job, were just granted.

WAHOO! This crazy work schedule I’ve been doing for the last seven months is finally coming to a close.

I am thrilled. Very thrilled.

They say nothing worth anything comes easily. Or something like that. ;p And I remember being a young girl and having my mother instruct me that my father put his social life on hold during his twenties in order to pursue med school but the temporary social sacrifice paid off in the end…and his diligence and discipline were rewarded when he became a physician. That instruction has stayed with me throughout life.

People have asked me why I’ve pushed myself so hard to make this career change. I liken it to the above, or to my collegiate career. In order to achieve anything, there are times one must work especially hard, make sacrifices, and take time to prepare. There are reasons for delayed gratification. And there are reasons for giving up my active social life for over half a year, for working crazy hours, being more tired than I would like, for moving from working in the field of law, with a consistent, well-endowed paycheck to going into “ministry” (I put “ministry” in quotes because I don’t see a separation of the secular and sacred) in order that I can work with college students. People invested in me when I was a college student – to be able to invest in students’ lives, and give back what I received so abundantly, is a beating passion of my heart and the pursuit has been worth the sacrifices, both time and financial, that I’ve made.

Praise God from whom all blessings flow!!