Sunday, May 22, 2005

Have I found my place?

I was working at the 5*59 table before church stated and an old friend came over and started talking to me. He is quite a chatter box, its so funny to lidsten to him sometimes. Anyway, he is going to Africa this fall to study abroad. He went to Asia a year ago i think... He wanted to go to China, but they couldn't. Sorry tangent again, He is graduating in Dec. and we were talking about how weird it feels to be back. So much has changed. Just thinking about the future is a scary thing. We both feel out of place at times, IN OUR OWN CHURCH! thats nuts. But that talk with him, understanding and kow where he is coming from helped me to understand and know I do belong here. I was sitting in the church cafe when we were talking and i started to look around at houndreds of people eating together, talking together, laughing together. It was a beautiful thing. People I didn't really know coming up to me and talking to me. Shell, my good friend comign over and sharing her struggles with me. People I knew in high school now wanting to be closer to find a conection, becoming friends. Grant got his degree in general studies as well, which makes me feel better. I always feel like a loser or a cop out when i get the question 'what's your degree for?' and i tell them 'general studies' I always get a look or some comment. One guy told me stright out I wasted four years of my life on a useless degree. Talk ing to grant def. made me feel better. Neither of us reall knows what we are doing after college, but thats ok. I am just glad I have some one to talk to, some one who can not only relate to how I feel, but feels the same. I am not feeling the anxiousness I once was about being here. For the first time I look back to clarion and I realize its all memories, I am not going back... I have always known it, but it didn't really sink in. I am excited to move on with life. I am not as weird and ackward as I had once thought. It is normal what I am going through. Kristi is going to help me get my resume out and my new friends at church, well its just nice to have friends close by, well closer than clarion. a half hours drive isn't too bad.
Moral of the story: I am comfortable being me and being here. ok i am done rambling now.

What has God got in store for me now?

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