Fly Away, home?

I've been reading the Divergent Series this week. (I'm a fast reader). I've almost finished Allegiant and it has caused me to think a lot about work. The factions remind me a lot about the roles created in Plato's Republic. Each person has a role, benefiting the society as a whole. I live in a part of the world, in a certain economic status (and I know that I am extremely blessed to have this): that I don't have to work in order to survive, at least not while my husband works. This would be a different thought process if I was supporting the family.

I do want to work but I don't want my work to be my whole life. My whole life of 26 years, which I know, is young. There is pressure (that mainly I put on myself) to "know what I want to do" have everything figured out. I see friends who have masters or career-y jobs and think of myself of not accomplished enough. Then I recognize that I am also not going to do something I don't want to do.
I recently had the pleasure of hearing William Lishman (famous artist and bird-migratation assistant, ever seen Fly Away Home?), he was a great inspiration to me for three reasons.
1) His humility. When my coworker told him he inspires her, she encouraged her to go out there an accomplish more than him.
2) His crazy random life path: he went from being a sculpter to a lover of flying to a man who helps birds migrate. It was life someone gave me a breath of fresh oxygen. "Oh! I probably won't know every path of my life at the start, who knows where I will end up." Maybe I just strive to do what I love, or inspires me now. (what that is, I'm not so sure but that's a different story).

and finally, 3) This quote: "Art is what you can get away with". How beautiful is that. So be creative, take risks, and breathe.

I'll let you know when I finally start listening to my own advice and not all the fears in my soul. One step at a time.

There are so many beautiful paths in the world it is hard for me to let go all the ones I just can't do-not because I am not able but because I am just here for one life and it's not possible. I am grateful for the opportunities though that point in the next direction that I should go. Some days I let the fear take over and some days, like today, there is a gentle peace and guidance in my heart encouraging me to grasp a little more firmly around those things that I enjoy. Like teaching. So we'll see what the future holds. I'm grateful to all those around me that encourage me, your support means the world to me.