reminded by the mall...

Have you noticed that 8/10 of the people who work at 'the mall' look depressed?

Seriously, the lady at the 'customer service' desk looked like she was about to burst into tears. The girl at the mid-aisle stand trying to sell dead-sea body scrub to me, the dude at the audio/video store, the girl at Cinnabon, the dude pushing the mop aimlessly; depressed.

All of them depressed.

And I was struck, again, by the powerfully urgent truth that you MUST discover a way to do something you like (nay, love) doing while getting PAID to do that thing you love.

I realize this isn't a novel idea.  I realize it might be a concept you've heard before.  I am also acutely aware that you might be reading this while on break from your depressing job at the mall.

Here's what I have to say to you:

You don't have to do this.

You can do something else.

You can pursue your passion.

Yes, you might struggle for a while--or even quite some time--while you find, first what you love to do and are good at, and second, find a way to earn your living by doing said thing, BUT there is no other way to live friend.

Seriously.

Regardless of what you believe about life, God, and eternity it's very clear that you get this one life to live in the here and now.

Do you want to spend it languishing the hours of your life away in a mall?

Heck no.

You must escape!  Do it now! Put in your notice!  Quit your job! 

Find a passion, a career, a mission.  Know where to start? What's that thing you like so much you'd do it for free?  Well find a way to start doing it (volunteer, apprentice, mentor under somebody) and do it with all your heart and before too long (it'll be long enough to stretch your faith to the limit mind you...) you'll find yourself getting hired to do that same thing you've been doing for free.

Just don't waste your life at the mall.

Please.

T