Balancing Act

So I'm learning a lot over the last few months about balance. Now before we go any further, I'm not talking about a nutrition plan or something a life coach is gonna tell you to help lower stress. I'm talking about a concept one of my brilliant friends spoke into my life. I'm learning to live in the tension between passion and patience. Isn't that an amazing thought!

I have so many irons in the fire right now and it can be so frustrating waiting for something to fall into place. The biggest challenge is maintaining the passion I have for the things that need to be done when I feel like I'm hearing nothing but no's. I once heard a story about a guy who lived in poverty working at a 7-11 but wore a fabulous suit every day. People would ask him all the time "why do you wear that ridiculous suit everywhere." Some even thought they needed to give him perspective so he would snap out of it. He always answered them "someday I'm going to get an opportunity that requires that I wear a suit. I want to be ready when that day comes." Now that's a guy filled with genuine hope.

Was he crazy or did he just see something most people can't? That's the real question. Can we see the breadcrumbs on our path enough to make it to the road signs? Then can we read the road signs enough to make it to the destination? We all feel lost in the woods sometimes as I'm sure a poor man does working in a suit at a 7-11. The difference is his ability to let the bread crumbs keep him alive in the tension between passion and patience.

Oh, by the way, he did get the job and now wears whatever suit he wants to work everyday.