Today I spent most of the day on line and submitting job applications. I applied to various AmeriCorps programs, and I looked into jobs in the Seattle area as well. I'm still not sure if I'm staying in Seattle or Vancouver, and my new idea of giving a year of my life to active service somewhere just recently developed. But I really like the idea. I applied to various positions in the NW, Denver, and Arizona. AmeriCorps puts a limit on how many applications you can submit, though, and I reached my limit quickly. Still, I found so many cool job opportunities such as teaching cooking in Denver, a Jesuit Volunteer Program in the NW, and an Arts for All (disabled and elderly) in Tucson, Arizona among other things. Next week I start interviews... most of these jobs would not begin until September.
Sometimes I feel like I am living a pretty normal life. I suppose that is because I am independent and doing what I feel to be right and good, so sometimes I forget that my life, to some people, is unconventional. I am not mainstream. As Butch Bracy told me before I left Maine, "We're all not meant to marry and have a house with a white picket fence." I was a nanny in Seattle, a gardener in Maine, and I follow my heart... I like adventures, challenges, experiencing as much of life as possible. Much of my life I've tried to fit into what other people want for me, or I've felt badly that other people are disappointed that I don't meet their expectations. Well, I now think life is short, and it's really important to not live like everyone else. It takes courage to not live like everyone else, it takes guts, and it takes a unique heart. I am feeling grateful for my life, all its back roads, mishaps, turns and climbs, dreams and passions, longings and sadness, because I'm living my life. That's what matters.
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