Direction.
In my job, direction is something I am always thinking about....but in the same way, it's something I don't think about at all. The direction I'm going in doesn't matter, because gate H1A in Chicago looks the same as K10 in Atlanta. Airports are airports are airports. The direction of the plane is guided by someone else, and I am just along for the ride. My life goes in 40 different directions at any given time, and I have learned very avidly to roll with the punches.
But in my life, I would like to think that the direction I'm going is decided by me. Sure, it has had its bumps and bruises along the way..but we are only human, right? I've been thinking a lot recently about where my life is headed. 5 years? 10 years? 20 years from now? I like to think that I "know" what my life will look like by that time, but the truth is...no one knows. Well, besides the big man upstairs. I read a post today about twentysomethings and how our lives are "suppose" to look by the time we're 25. Married, baby on the way, 2 bedroom house with a picket fence. But is there really a "standard" on how or what or where we should live our lives? According to society, there is. When did we forget about our own goals and desires and start thinking about what society thinks our goals should be?
People ask me all the time if I regret moving to Paris, or if I regret becoming a flight attendant. I am certain the look on my face when asked is somewhat grotesque...because I cannot imagine what my life would look like today if I had not done those things. What direction did that decision have in my life? Goodness....I can't imagine my life without going there. Think of all the wonderful friendships and experiences I would have missed out on. Think of how much "growing up" I did in Paris. And how it molded me into the person I am today. He has and (I fully believe) will continue to put the people in my life that need to be there.
If there's anything I've learned...it's that life will fall into place, exactly how God intended. We can ask Him through prayer for understanding, and grace, and compassion to help us grasp what he is doing with our lives...but he is truly the only one who knows the direction we are headed.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
And lean not on your own understanding;
In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And lean not on your own understanding;
In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He shall direct your paths.
Proverbs 3:5-6 NKJV
