haha...i'm on a blogging binge...

But last night, i was talking to a good friend and she said something that I had to repeat, because it challenges my very thinking of purpose in this life.

Some time ago, i made the resolution never to 'fall into anything again' and to make everything in life a CHOICE. To CHOOSE who i wanted to be, not to just be defined by the circumstances life apportioned to me. To live a purposeful life.

But here's the thing that adds an extra dimension to it. My friend said, "instead of choosing our life, we should be DISCOVERING it." Is this just the pendulum swinging back to the passive side of things, or is this moving on to level 3? I'm not sure. It adds a new perspective, because it doesn't mean just going along with everything that's in your life and shrugging at every event as it comes, just sucking it up and continuing the best i can. It's talking about being purposeful in God's will, not our own. To make a choice, but have that choice be less of a "let's go to tourist attraction x" and more of "let's meet the tour guide and trust Him to take us to the best tourist attraction ever."

And in that way, it becomes purposeful but from a place of humility, not of control.

Anyways, i think i'm still "baking" on this one, so i'll let you know when i figure out what it all means. :P