*What I Want.
What I want today is for chocolate to be calorie-free, guilt-free and also FREE. I want to be able to run three miles without feeling like my lungs are going to explode, and I want every mile I run to equal two pounds lost. I want “work” to mean “spa day” and “rain” to mean “sunshine.”
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What I want today is for a magical fairy to point me to the absolute perfect job, where I can make as much as (or more than) I make now, doing something that is fulfilling, challenging and rewarding. I would also settle for the magical fairy just leaving a post-it on my desk that has a word or two indicating what KIND of job I should be looking for that will meet those three simple requirements.
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Really, though, I guess what I want today is to know what I want. But more than that, I want to feel empowered to go and explore the possibilities. I want to stop fussing over the stuff I don’t know, and take hold of what I do. (Like, I know that I’m capable, creative and cut out for something great.)
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What I want today is to feel refreshed, in spite of a lack of sleep and an abundance of frustration and confusion. I want to rest in the knowledge that my life is in God’s hands, and that means I’m covered. I want to let my husband’s encouragement seep in, fill me with confidence and enable me to see things in a different light.
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What I want today is a blogger meetup. I want face time with the many women I’ve grown to feel so close to, but who live hundreds or thousands of miles away. Actually, I want the aforementioned magical fairy to whisk me away in a crazy teleportation machine so that I can visit Nora, Kyla, Cari, LiLu, and everyone else on a whim without worrying about time or money. I want my seven hugs, perhaps along with seven frilly drinks and seven cheesy chick-flicks.
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What I want today is patience. I want to trust that things are going to work out, and that it’s not a waste of time to pursue my goals, even if my pursuit doesn’t lead to immediate results. I want to be able to clearly express my feelings about my current job and my desires for a future position to my boss, and I want to be calm and not burst into tears at the thought of approaching him with this (again).
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What I want today is to remember that my life — my career, my relationships, my faith — is what I make it; and I want to make it count.
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What I want is to stop dwelling on everything I lack, everything I can’t have, everything that won’t come effortlessly and immediately, and instead dwell on the insane amount of blessings in my life. I want to be joyful in the face of every trial and frustration. I want to choose to have a positive attitude, and I want people to recognize my positive attitude and be inspired to change theirs, too.
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I want strength.
I want love.
I want inspiration.
I want peace.
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*{Thanks to Amy of Just a Titch for the prompt today!}
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Tabitha. You bless my heart. I think you and I are crafted from the same mold.
“What I want today is for a magical fairy to point me to the absolute perfect job, where I can make as much as (or more than) I make now, doing something that is fulfilling, challenging and rewarding.”
Please send that fairy to me afterward! Beautifully put.
It’s so fun to read what others want—and how similar it is to mine, even if the words may be different.
Love the strength and empowerment that comes from knowing what you want. Now you just need to go out and make it happen. OK, except the teleportation machine probably isn’t going to happen in our lifetime, so maybe you should just stick to trains, planes and the kindness of strangers.
ooooh. i like this one. i think i agreed with every single one of them to be honest.
Love it all…especially that last paragraph including the line “insane amount of blessings.” Yes, we need to count our blessings. We have so many!
Love you!
“What I want today is for a magical fairy to point me to the absolute perfect job, where I can make as much as (or more than) I make now, doing something that is fulfilling, challenging and rewarding.” – You hit the nail on the head!
We were SO CLOSE, too!!!!!!!!!!! VEGAS!!!!
Loved reading this.
If you do find that teleportation machine will you share it with me?
And if you find the empowerment you need to make things happen, will you let me know that too?
I love your list of wants. A teleportation machine and magical fairy? I’m there!
I have to say that, although I can totally relate to the paragraph about the perfect job, I still feel a twinge of envy. You’re in so much of a better position than I am to do something about it. You don’t have kids. Aside from your student loans, you don’t have much in the way of financial responsibilities (I think?). You have greater freedom to explore your options– to switch jobs or take up an interesting hobby or take some courses that might improve your job prospects and/or help you find out what would ideally suit you. You have the time to do what you need to do to develop and realize your dreams.
Me? I have none of those options, at least not until Todd is much, much older. I can’t even take a measly class at Adult Ed because I simply do not have the time for it.
The world is your oyster, girl. Seize it and make the most of it while you can!
In the meantime, you’ve got plenty of company as you make the same journey all of us are on, figuring out what we’re cut out to do, and then *doing* it
this is a nice post- thanks to nilsa for directing me over here