It seems like the older I get, the more life becomes more about the two P’s: Ones Profession and Other Persons. As my age increases, I have become more focused on my career, partly becomes I think more about my financial stability but more importantly, I am more intentional about pursuing purpose and happiness for 40 hours a week of my existence. In this new age bracket, People are becoming more valuable to me. It is people, who I believe the heavens are using to help shape me, challenge me, improve me but also to love me, support me, encourage me, and make me laugh at what at times can become an unlaughable life. Placing my pride aside, I need them, and I want them in whatever form they appear
Life is strange at times. Oddly, just when my professional life is doing well, such a “person’s” life goes down. And just when my “person’s life” is rising, my professional life sinks low. At the end of the day, I want these two to match up; To kiss each other while on the same level and plane of existence. I’m tired of Yin and Yang, the unbalanced happiness and fulfillment. When I say I want it ALL, I simply mean I want only these two things growing, breathing healthily. I don’t think that’s too much to ask for.
I am excited about my career. It is going in the direction I have hoped for. I am an educator (both a college professor and an adult education instructor). I am a creative soul; (both a music journalist for a national magazine and a poet and guitarist). I am also excited about my friendships and relationships. I have an awesome and fun friendship circle to the left of me, a supportive and inspiring best friend to the right of me, a family who is loving unconditionally above me, and a dating life that is uncertain and surprising; which is providing a learning space about my self and my basic obligation and ethic to others
What I ask for from God and from the universe is that these two P’s flourish. I want them both to make themselves known to me this year. I want them sprouting, and dancing, and singing to me; ever alive. To me, this is the definition of wealth. And if God grants me this one wish; I will forever offer the heavens my two P’s: Praise and more Praise. AMEN.