My Year Ago

It’s fun to look back and see where life has taken us. Over the years I stop and gather myself, and focus on what I have been doing in and with my life. As I sit here though, I can’t help but wish that I was back where I was a year ago. It’s hard to be content at times and during these summer breaks where, I find myself with more free time (because of the lack of classes) and it gives me time to reminisce.

Contentment is defined as: a circumstance, or a feature or characteristic of something, which gives rise to satisfaction. I rather like the way Greek Philosopher Epicurus put it “Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.”

This was my year ago:

My year ago was waiting for parents to pick up their children after school. My year ago was spent in Japan working, playing, and growing. That was what I once had. I have had many of those situations in the past year. It’s hard, sitting here knowing that if things were different certain circumstances would be different. But, we have to find contentment in our current situation. We have to accept that God has us in the place we are right now for a reason, and honestly it's for the better. Yeah, I would love to be done with my undergraduate classes and working on my Masters of Education in Japan, teaching, and living where I want. But right now, I’m here, at LBC living in Lancaster.

So what is your “year ago”?