Last week I celebrated my 31st birthday.
I don't know about you, but there's something about birthdays and New Years that makes me feel reflective. Maybe you feel it too? I find myself thinking about who I am and where I am and what I'm doing. And then I dream about who I want to be, and where I want to be, and what I want to be doing in the future.
I'm currently reading Parker Palmer's book, Let Your Life Speak. Here's one of my favorite passages so far:
"Our deepest calling is to grow into our own authentic self-hood, whether or not it conforms to some image of who we ought to be. As we do so, we will not only find the joy that every human seeks-we will also find our path of authentic service in the world. True vocation joins self and service, as Frederick Buechner asserts when he defines vocation as 'the place where your deep gladness meets the world's deep need.'"
I'm not sure where that meeting place is, but I'm going to try to spend this year finding it.
Hope you had a good weekend!