Due to popular demand I have been challenged to shorten my posts. I will try... Where are you going in life? What are you working, studying, struggling, stressing, perservering for? Often times we are so caught up in getting to our goal that we never really consider whether our goal will satisfy or last. We go to school to get a job. That is a common goal. But many people, once they've got a job, sit around and need to find another goal to strive for. It's the same thing with all other earthly goals, none of them, once they are achieved, give you lasting satisfaction. I am learning the hard lesson of not being consumed by goals right now. I had plans for my education and they made me feel safe and secure and in control. But the realistic truth is, plans always change and no matter how you try, you are not in complete control of what happens in your life. So I'm learning to go to God with all these possibilities for my future and just lay them down before Him. I am learning ...