A New Start

A few days ago a friend posted a facebook about how hitting a reset button was so simple and yet it was all the difference between darkness and light.  And that describes my life perfectly right now.  For the last six years I was in a job that made me absolutely miserable (not to mention I didn't have any vacations that were more than a long weekend).

Two months ago I resigned from that job, and my last day was June 29th.  I am so very thankful not to be working in politics anymore!!  I took a week completely off and I did not go anywhere, but I rested.. I read, I watched movies, I cooked yummy healthy meals, I worked out, I spent time just letting myself refresh, recharge, rejuvenate, reset.  And it might just have been the loveliest week of my life.  I feel like me again.  I began to feel creative again.  I began to feel free and whole.

Most importantly, I spent a lot of time with the Lord - praying, reading my Bible, reading devotionals, and reading a lovely book called Walking on Water, by Madeline L'Engle.  It is a book about being an artist, her meditations on art and faith. This is a necessary book for me to read right now as I have spent twenty years denying that I am first and foremost, artistic. Way back in college I decided that I needed to be practical and pursuing a creative degree was just not practical. Law was practical and so I went to law school, making the biggest mistake of my life.  You cannot deny your very nature for twenty years and expect to live your life fully.

It is no wonder that by the last couple of years I was truly miserable, depressed, stressed out all the time, not quite fully alive.  I need to pursue a creative life!  And so here I go! Completely reset and ready to embark on a brand new chapter!