Beginnings

Something I always loved about the show "Wilfred" was the way each episode was based on one-word subjects. Look it up. It's a bit strange, but always had a valuable lesson in the end. Netflix, baby!

I suppose this is my way of doing something similar to that.

Appropriately, I have chosen the first word to be "beginnings".


Beginnings:

As of May 4th 2013 I was no longer a student. A convenient title to claim when someone is asking what your doing with your life. 15 years, and it was over. I was suddenly a full-fledged "adult". I could do what I want, go wherever I choose and be with whoever I want. One would expect the post-grad life would be exciting; boasting over exciting job opportunities, traveling without boundaries... one of the real "Eat Pray Love" journeys, if you get what I mean. But I didn't find that.

I am blessed. I have an apartment. I have a full-time job were I was recently promoted. Loving friends 5-10 minutes away at a moments notice. It's pleasant. Pleasant.....   Pleasant. My life is a pleasantry. Can I be blamed for desiring more than pleasant?

I don't care to find myself back-packing across Scotland or touring Europe drinking fine wines. I want a beginning that is fulfilling, enriching, exotic from where I stand.

I want to love another person uncontrollably, see the world differently each day and take in all that my twenties promised me. Recently, my greatest daily successes consist of finding a way to  split a $5 pizza from Little Caesars with a friend.

I'm ready to begin. I want to start taking my life and pulling it forward. I want to do something bold, crazy and unexpected.

For the first time since I graduated I had my breath taken away recently. I want that everyday. I want experiences that grab me by the chest and toss me into everything God has built this amazing life for.

I'm ready to begin.