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I am one of the most random people you may ever meet. I do my best to enjoy life in general, and I try to be content with what God has blessed me to have in my life. I am a blunt, honest individual that will give you an honest opinion if asked. Relationships are the most important things in my life. I am concerned with only the opinions of close friends, family, and other close relations of people who care about me. Otherwise, I tend to not care what other people think of me. I am not here to please the world. I am on this planet to serve others in hopes that God finds favor with my efforts to do so at the end of my Earthly existence. I am a good-natured person that lives for the moment. Even though not always successful, I try to look at things in a positive light with a productive attitude and world view. I am thankful for each breath that I take because each breath that is taken is a blessing in of itself. Make the most of what you can while you can. You get one chance at this thing called life. So try your best to Glorify God and Enjoy Him Forever. If you have any questions about me or my BLOG, don't hesitate to ask, and I will give you a straightforward answer.

Sunday, March 25, 2012

My Struggles This Past Week


Taylor,

I decided while listening to your music through my IPOD as I usually do weekly that I am going to blow the world up with good intentions for Jesus. I am so tired of settling for less when I believe that in good due time God has so much in store for me, for you, and all those living to serve others and do good for the sake of just doing good. Just when you might have thought it could not get any bigger with your music, with your writing, and with your fans, it does!

For me it is extremely hard to stay focused on God when every time I swing to move forward I feel that I strike out. I have explored more employment opportunities in the past year than I care to count to only realize that individuals with less experience, education, and qualifications than myself got the same opportunities I pursued. While it should not, it rubs me the wrong way.

It might be similar to people automatically assuming that everything with celebrity life is absolutely amazing because of the simple reality of being known when that may not necessarily be true. Life is not necessarily fulfilling for one person because of a spotlight where more people want to know about their life.

I spoke with a potential nonprofit employer today who focuses on the publishing industry with Christian magazines for certain denominations and targeted faith groups who mentioned that “nothing was wrong with my resume, qualifications, background, or education but rather that I did not the exact right fit.” While the conversation was insightful, it was certainly still not much more encouraging because my circumstances remained the same – nothing changed with my current occupational position in life.

That is often frustrating when I see so many others around me flourishing with jobs doing exactly what they want to do. Like I asked the HR Director today, “what can I better do to make myself stand out?”

I often stand with my arms in prayer wide open, asking God those same questions.

What I like about country music is that it mirrors real life – the real struggles that most of us face day in and day out with each day that passes.

I just know that I am going to do my best to not give up, pushing forward to explore further opportunities to become great pursuing a career that I am passionately and deeply in love in, similar to the music that you write.

There are no pictures today of pretty babies or your humorous story-telling You Tube videos but instead just some of the mental struggles my analytical brains continually faces every day.

If you ever read these entries, thank you!

JLC iii

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