Can I talk about my plants for minute? This is a blog for thoughts, right? Right now, I'm thinking about plants. I have a grand total of ten different species of succulent, cacti, and florals in my cubicle alone, and me and Home Depot have had to come to terms that we can no longer see each other because I'm the only one investing in this relationship, all the while the big oaf just takes all my hard earned money. (Cacti soil was something I never knew I needed but somehow, my life wasn't complete without it)
I'm really bad at blogging, I don't know what to say half the time except for what's on my mind. I wish more people took the time to really invest in the simple things like plants and cross-stitching, maybe it's cause my inner soul is really a seventy five year old woman who loves plants and cross-stitching, but I think if more people stopped and really invested times in the gifts and things that have been given to them, they may find their stresses decrease. Maybe not a lot, but enough to make it so that when you walk by a birdhouse you chill out and smile cause it reminds you of relaxing time. Too many people take the saying "do what you love" to an extreme, I think, cause in my opinion and experience whenever I start doing what I'm passionate about as a career I lose the passion. And heaven knows, I would hate to lose the passions that are important. People keep trying to push me into ministry and children's counselor and this and that and the other because I'm good with students and that's my big thing, but honestly if I ended up doing it as a career I'm pretty sure I'd start hating it. I understand the concept of glorifying God in your work, but I don't necessarily thing that your work needs to be your main ministry, some people aren't called to that. I think, if you're using your gifts, doing what you love, and glorifying God in your works, you don't have to be making bank doing so.
I love my kiddos that I teach, they make the work days easier cause I know at the end of a long Wednesday coming back to the office I get to see them after I get off, it's a cool feeling. So, maybe I am just an old lady, but you know something? I'm okay with it.