Tom

living out life
2017-12-31 07:29:26 (UTC)

Crossroads

I feel like I am at a crossroads. Is it time to move on to something else in my life? Next year will be my twenty year anniversary at the company I currently work for. That is very hard to believe. Changing careers at this point in my life is extremely daunting. Do I really want to go somewhere as the "new guy" at 54 years of age? Can I even find a new job? Am I willing or even able to take a pay cut, if required? What a pain it would be to have to start all over again.


Those are a couple of the negatives. What about the positives? I do feel like I have reached the pinnacle of my career in my current position and everything that I do there now is accomplished with a feeling of drudgery and sameness. Wouldn't it be nice to feel like my job had purpose again? Maybe a change of scenery would be good for both me and my wife. It's possible, with my experience, that I could get something with better pay and benefits.

What is it all about anyway? Better pay, better benefits, better job, a sense of purpose? Just like I mentioned yesterday, I think it's time to step back and reevaluate my life. As a Christian, I should be in prayer about this. I need to do what God wants me to do. The key is set aside my desires and find out what His desire for my life is. It always seems to be hard for me... waiting, listening and then following through.

Maybe that is my crossroad. I can choose to wait and listen or I can choose to barrel through life as if I am the one who is in control. If I stop to see how I've done on my own so far the road to take seems quite clear.




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