The future always seems so unsure, doesn't it? Plans and dream are constantly changing...things we once thought -- exist no longer. I have been chasing a dream that I no longer feel I'll reach, at least not to the extent I once expected. For the past few years I have wanted to become a published writer...it was my main focus as I was attending classes to better improve what I write. I have been doing a lot of thinking and have come to the idea that maybe I was going down the wrong path. No, I do not wish for my writing to cease...that is something I love to do and it is my way of expressing how I feel, however, I do not feel it is my purpose to be a published writer. If I end up there some day that would be great, but right now, I am changing my focus to something I find more of a need for.
I found the New York Institute of Photography (NYIP) online the other day and did some research. It is completely do-at-your-own-pace right in the comfort of your own home. They teach you everything you need to know to be a professional photographer. This course can be completed within eight months to a year by doing a couple hours a day, but they give you a maximum of three years to complete it in. As I have gotten several requests from people to take photos for them I am finding that I will most likely be more successful in the photography business than in the world of writing.
Now these next few months I will be trying to earn up enough money to be able to get into this course...I need to pay up front, otherwise it's an extra three hundred dollars. My goal is to begin this course through NYIP in January. Whether I return to CMC next spring is uncertain...I will be spending a lot of time in prayer trying to figure out what God wants me to do. I do still want to learn Spanish, so I may return to CMC for only that one class, but we will see.
What is the richness of life is the many course corrections we each make as we continue our journey. One does not need to stop to take another direction as "way leads onto way," as Robert Frost says. We begin here, and the we go there, and sometimes, we find our way back around to a different aspect of where we were before. Relax and just enjoy the scenery.
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