Sunday, January 31, 2010

15788 no longer exits

For the past ten years my alias has been 15788. Working for the airlines as a flight attendant I was identified by those 5 digits. I realized today that even though that number is engrained in my head it no longer defines me. It is not who I am anymore. 15788 at Comair no longer exists. Today that thought lead to me to reassess my past. For the last ten years life has been very comfortable and fairly stable. Living the American dream at least for the most part. I had a great job with lots of benefits, a beautiful house, a wonderful family, fantastic roommates and great friends. Yet everytime I showed up for work a little piece of me died. Although I loved my job there was always a voice somewhere deep inside saying "there is more". In an attempt to satisfy that voice I would work a little harder, fix up the house more, try to get involved more, go on more vacations, and do do do. Yet with all that the voice seemed to grow louder and with every utterance my soul would grow more tired.
Then this fall an opportunity came for me to give up all I know and start over. Could this be it? Could this be what the voice is beaconing me to. What have I got loose, really? I sold my car, rented my house, said goodbye to friends and family and 15788 died.
I got accepted to Hillsong College and moved to the other side of the world without really knowing at all what the future holds. And thus this part of my journey begins. I welcome you to join me on this journey because you too are on a journey of your own. All of our journey's will look so different but hopefully we will be an encouragement to each other along the way!