My Dash!!!

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posted by Dre' @ 5:37 PM 0 comments

I'm Back

It's been far too long since my last post and it's only due to my own laziness and shortsightedness. Two years is a long time to let your mind succumb to working in your supposed "dream job." Don't get me wrong, I've learned a great deal at this public relations agency including media relations, dealing with hostile clients, the effect of my efforts on a company's perception, but most of all, what I'm willing to take as far as treatment from others and the stupidity of putting off my dreams because of the comforts of complacency.

Some say that I've given up on something that could've benefited me in the long run. I don't think they know that. Plus, I don't think that would last one day in my shoes. I'm serious. It's a tough job to be me, but alas I go at this with God. Back to the point, for the first year or so, I felt fine working at a job that paid well, but still wasn't pointing me in the direction that I wanted to go. I want to be a travel writer for a Christian lifestyle magazine. Working in an agency on corporate clients doesn't exactly match up with traveling the world and observing Christianity in different cultures. I had to make a decision, continue to put off my dreams or step out on faith and do what I've been called to do. Well, if you haven't got it already, I took the step...well more like a jump...a BIG JUMP.

I go into the future certain of what lays before me, but I just don't know where yet. I wouldn't mind sitting in my pajamas in front of my laptop most of the day writing for a living. It's funny though, I would still have to dress up in my best suit to interview for a job that will pay me to sit in my pajamas and write. But you know what, I'll do it. What's there to stop me? What do I have to fear? What can man do to me?

People would argue that going into a new year trying to find a new job instead of with a new job isn't the smartest thing to do, but what great decisions have been smart. Was it smart for us to go to the moon? Not really - it costs too much not just in money, but lives, but we still went and look where we are now. To those who don't support the space industry, think about not having such great things as velcro (hmmm...).

Anyway, if we were meant to make safe, smart decisions we would be regulated to a safe, smart life. I just got through reading "Wild at Heart" by John Eldredge and I recommend it to every man and woman who reads this blog. The premise is that we weren't made to sit on our behinds all day in the comfort of complacency. As a man, we feel the need for three things: a fight, a beauty to fight for and an adventure. Even the meak, peaceful guys long for these things. I know I do. My fight is against my own doubts. The beauty I fight for is out there and I pray for her everyday. The adventure I live starts today. That's why it's good to be back on My Dash!!! I wasn't going to take having my manhood crushed all because I sat in a job that everyone else thought was the best for me. I put my life in God's hands and He's given me the o.k. to jump becasue of one simple reason: He has me and I trust him.

posted by Dre' @ 12:30 AM 0 comments