Sorry for the length…this one’s mostly for me 
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I am reading Max Lucado’s “Cure for the Common Life: Living in your sweet spot” at the moment, and although my mother has his entire collection of books, I have yet to read anything from him. So far…It’s very good.
I truly believe books are all about timing, I can’t tell you how many times I have started a book, instantly hated it, swore up and down I would never read it – and then years later, I can’t put it down. That would be the case for this one.
Do you know where your sweet spot is? And I don’t mean sexually lol…this is not the time… I mean do you know what makes you excited? What makes your mind reel or what kind of work makes you smile? Up until recently I haven’t really thought about those things – I just went after what I liked to do.
The book although very good….has frustrated me a bit. He asks the reader to do some self searching…some internal inventory if you will about our likes and dislikes and strengths and weaknesses. And then encourages us to find a way to makes those things work for us. The thing is..I HAVE DONE THAT ALREADY…or at least attempted to do such things – all of which I have failed at.
For as far back as I can remember anything, I remember having a passion for certain things. I love to write, I love fashion, I love music, I love hearing people’s stories, I love loving on others, making them feel good about themselves. I like to be busy, but hate to be overworked with meaningless crap. So I have tried all of these things; got accepted to fashion design school and didnt go; attempted to report news and found myself compromising my integrity and getting zero call backs. Still writing a book – that may very well never get published. People I am good with, as long as you aren’t tall, handsome and have a million dollar smile…that’s just trouble!
Not to discredit Mr. Lucado, but what are those of us who know this supposed to do??
The answer: “Take delight in the Lord and he will give you your heart’s desires” Psalm 37:4
Taking delight in the Lord…I was not good at that for a LONG time. I felt as if God was trying to make me live this boring, dull and unhappy life. Do you fee like that sometimes? I felt like that for YEARS! Seriously. It’s not a healthy way to live, and is so incredibly false.
I have let go of certain pursuits but the passion behind those pursuits remains. I have surrendered my pathetic attempts at a life of fame and fortune and traded it in for a life of simply living and simple loving. And I have never been happier.
I still love clothes, I still draw pages and pages of dresses that fill my brain that have to get out. I still sing – in the shower or my car mostly and I still write music. Playing the piano on a quiet saturday morning with only my dogs as an audience is all I need.
I still love hearing people’s stories – which are now most commonly done over glasses of gin and tonic and fancy little tapas. I have blogs and short stories that will never fall on anyone else’s eyes, but the pleasure that writing gives me is unreal. I have found a desire to serve others in whatever manner that may be. And slowly I am beginning to find my sweet spot and better yet, live in it!!
Timing is everything right? I hear that ALL the time.
But the truth is God’s timing is what I operate on these days and the patience has proved to be worth the wait.
What do you when all your prayers slowly start getting answered??
