I am not a great writer. Or a great thinker. Maybe not a great "anything." But I'm good at a few things. Baking. Taking care of my kids. I even think I'm a pretty good Occupational Therapist. But I'm not very good at change. And I get frustrated very easily when things don't go like I think they should (which, of course, changes never happen when and how we think they should...).
Well, big changes are happening for me in 2014. In case you haven't heard yet, I am leaving the clinic to pursue a teaching career. Starting January 6, I will be an Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy at the University of Indianapolis. (Read my last post about feeling like I'm jumping off a cliff... that was 3 days after my interview). This has all come up rather unexpectedly, by invitation, and about 2 years sooner than I thought it would happen. But it is something I have been working toward, thinking about, and yes, praying for, for a number of years now.
So, the one word I have chosen for 2014 is TRUST. I have not been a great "truster" in the past three years. I have been a bit off-balance in my faith walk ever since taking the job at Balance Point (pardon the pun). But God has been ever working, behind the scenes, to make me into the person he needs me to be.
So I am trusting. I am re-learning how to be a person of faith. I am hopeful, and grateful, and looking forward to the future. And that is a better place than I have been in for a long time.
