There’s only been a few customers today. I’ve got Pandora playing a Jack Johnson station trying to chase away some of the gloom of a rainy Saturday. The leaves are gorgeous outside despite the rain, I love realizing how lucky I am to be living up north here in New Hampshire. Its just the perfect location, gorgeous mountains everywhere but not too secluded. It’s quiet here and you can see the stars at night but if you need the bustle of people and cars and noise its not too far off.
I’ve been surfing the web trying to find some internship opportunites. I’m in my sophmore/junior year of the Bachelors of Social Work program at Plymouth State. I love it, social work is the path for me. The options seem endless and as I read about the various places my skills and efforts can be utilized I can feel the exctiment rising. I am interested in working with immigrants and Spanish speakers, there’s a need for social workers there. I find biology and the human body fascinating, social workers are needed in hospitals for patient relations. I believe in the strength of a family unit and the value of our children, and one of the social work pledges is to defend these things. I could go on but I’ll spare you; my point is I feel like I’ve got a whole world ahead of me to be explored. It’s a nice feeling to daydream of the day when maybe I’ll be putting all my studies to practice.
I’m reading Elizabeth Gilbert’s “Eat Pray Love” for the second time. May I take this time to applaud that woman’s wittisims and insight on such practical human components such as eating, praying and loving. . . I find so many quotable phrases in her writings, I would jot them all down but then I realize I’m just transposing her entire novel.
One thought of Gilbert’s that I’ll leave you with is this- ”True wisdom gives you the only possible answer at any given moment.” I find such peace in that simple statement. It’s valid isn’t it, how I love to labor over things thinking out the what-if’s, if only’s. I send myself into panics sometimes trying to find answers; answers for longterm problems, short term situations, plans and dreams.
hmm.
