Changes

So this is my first post. I feel like there are so many things happening in my life--so many decisions to be made, experiences to be had, disappointments to muddle through--that my life is changing right before my eyes.

My everydays are good overall.

I recently moved into a community house, where some great folks live intentionally to create a community where we support one another. It all happened so fast, this move from a really unhealthy living situation to a really healthy one. I had complete faith that this was a good move for me. Isn't that amazing when that happens, those acts of faith, where there's a calm around the decision and everything just falls into place like it's meant to be. There's no weighing the pros and cons or thinking logically. There's almost a physiological element to faith where my stomach feels good and there's a slight adrenaline rush through my body and my blood feels like it's flwoing smoothly through my veins. I don't know if scientists have ever studied this emperically but there's my qualitative data on the subject of physiological faith.

And as I sit here at my desk job (spending time blogging, I might point out as an aside), I think that I have just six weeks until I embark on another change in my life. This one did not feel quite as grounded in faith, but really faith is playing a part in what is to come. I really thought logically about this one and weighed the pros and cons. I'm getting out of the desk job and into teaching in an early childcare program. I thought about giving up the long-term financial security by working at a large, prestigious university that provides financial planning and great benefits, but I didn't want that to trump all of the items on my "pro" list for the child care program. What about opportunities to be creative, to create arts curricula, to form relationships with teachers and children, to move in a more positive direction as I forge a career in education? The decision was clear that in order to take a step in building for the future where my mind is concerned, I needed to give up a little matter (AKA money). My faith is in what lies ahead...that working in a child care program will bring me one step closer, if not more, to my goal of shaping young minds.