Rediscover Your Roots
I’ve been a big proponent of finding out your purpose and feeling out the process of life.
Well, life threw me a curveball this past week and now, I’m rediscovering things about myself that I completely forgot about. I forgot about the fact that I have a writing style that is unique, but is no way anything close to being professional.
I like writing and wish that I could do more of it, but I don’t think with the way things have been going, I wasn’t afforded enough of that time for myself.
Now, with the subsequent rejection of my thesis proposal, I’m forced to go back to the drawing board for this one.
And, thinking back on it, I think that this was probably for the best. Honestly, there’s no real reason why I would’ve even let myself get away with writing that. I like that fact that this challenge isn’t going down easy, that I have to strive for it.
BUT, I do know when I’m not ready to face certain challenges. This was one challenge that I was not ready for. Thinking I could just cruise by and let things slide by writing my brains out for three days wasn’t cutting it anymore. Well, not for this class.
So, now, back to the drawing board. And I have some inspiration along for the ride. I’ve had this playlist going off on grooveshark based around Marvin and Stevie. That’s when it hit me:
KNOW YOUR ROOTS.
I posted that for every Kanye, there’s a Stevie; for every Pharrell, there’s a Marvin. AND, for every atypicalLIVING, there’s a lightsleepers.
I drifted away form what was the original purpose, the original intent… the original roots of the matter.
Why was I going through this? Why was this all happening? And, more importantly, why was I not too bummed about it?
Well, I think it hit me after the word came down about the rejection… the reason I was even going through all this was because of God and because God provided the way. If I didn’t hold up my end, it’s because I wasn’t following what God wanted me to do with myself. I drifted away from the original intent and tried to warp it into something that wasn’t of God. I tried to warp it into my own thing and that’s never a good thing.
When you drift away from the purpose of God, you drift away from the original intent.
So, with this extra time to think about what happened, I’m recommitting myself to the things that God blessed me with: writing and photography.
I’ll be honest and say that it’s almost been a month since I picked up my D40. I don’t think I’ve challenged myself with photography as of late and I think it’s time I bring that back.
Need to put this vision to good use. Don’t waste what God has blessed you with. Don’t waste November, December, your life. Live up to your potential.
You push me, I push you. Deal?
