Thursday, September 6, 2007

more than average

"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great." --Mark Twain

Why is it that I think I am meant for mediocrity? I strived ardently in high school & college to do my very best. To then end up an assistant librarian @ a local hospital. This is what I believe my life has become...average. Yet I say 'end up' as if I am circling a death pool. Now, at any moment, my last breath will touch the air around me, but I am STILL here--now. So I too can become great if I believe more than just average. There are several steps I want to take in life...
  1. partake in a drawing class
  2. learn calligraphy
  3. dance lessons
  4. piano lessons
  5. become confident
  6. read the Bible all the way
  7. keep reading books
  8. be less mean

Well the list can go on, but I do not care to minimize this list by making it too long.

It is particularly healthy for me today to see that I do have goals besides the normal ones...get married, have kids, find a better job, etc...

Speaking of jobs, I am so very bored @ my current job. I was spoiled for 10 years working 3 twelve hour shifts per week...now I trudge to the library 5 days a week...to fill a stapler, check out a book, answer stupid questions, fix the jammed copier, etc...though I do like my coworkers & have learned some very interesting medical 'things'. I greatly miss my old job...today I can cry over it. 'The grass is always greener' mentality is preferrably seen as green grass with holes & brown dead spots. My other job as a unit clerk on a labor & delivery floor was very stressful, but I WAS MOVING. Now I am sedentary & unmotivated. I need movement. Movement needs me.

That's all.