Reflections 35: Goals

"I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination"--Jimmy Dean

What were your youthful goals and ambitions for life? Which ones have you been able to fulfill??

I am one of those that believe that any goal you make is achievable, but you have to have smaller goals along the way to work towards your end dream. Which is nerdy, but baby steps is the best way to feel your accomplishment and encourage you to keep going when it seems your dream is so far away.

When I was younger, I wanted to find a guy I really loved and marry him and have a family. I wanted to buy a car, and I wanted to have a job where I didn't have to ever worry about insurance. A little nerdy, but practical, and I was very practical. I knew that if money or financial security was my eventual goal, then I would never feel I had achieved it, and so I would never be able to "reach" my goal. One thing that was always important to me wasn't that we had money to buy luxuries, but that if anything ever happened, we were taken care of--be that medical, dental, vision, automobile, or life.

More specifically, I have known since I was a little girl that God had called me to work with special needs individuals. I have always been very drawn to them, finding them fascinating, and having more patience for them than I ever do for "normal" people that I find tedious and dull.

So when I was growing up, my goal was to become a neurologist. That would let me work with the beautiful mind, which works in such a fascinating way. Eventually, I still feel I could reach that goal, but I have also realized over the years that there are other way I can work with special needs without going all out.

I am still on track for achieving my goals. I married a wonderful man that I love very deeply; I have two beautiful children and one on the way. Though I have been enrolled for all of eternity, I am still at school, and I am networking and researching ways that I can utilize my talents and further my career once my babies are safely in school.

Completely confident that I can do whatever I would like in life, as long as I am not afraid to work hard. A house is my next goal--I would like very much to own my own home =)

~Andie!~