it comes from inside
this summer i’m hoping to see where i “fit.” i’m working part-time at austin chinese church as the college intern. i’m also working part-time at a start up company, basically as a graphic designer and whatever else they throw at me. oh, and also trying to build Day 7 Photography on the side. all very different, but all starting to look the same.
i’ve always viewed myself as a one-pronged puzzle piece, with one jagged point and one designated spot. i’m starting to see the fault in that thinking, because that’s a very external perspective on this whole life journey thing. the “puzzle” analogy says this: your talents and your skills will fill the gap. the things you DO on the outside will be the missing puzzle piece. does that make sense? in other words, you can be DOING all the things you love, but you can still feel empty. i love graphic design, i love taking pictures, i love reading the Bible. you can do all those things, but lack heart in all of it.
that’s because there is disconnect from what you do to who you are. you can do a million things you like to do, but if you miss the one thing you LOVE to do, then you’re an crewless ship. there’s another puzzle inside all of us. it’s invisible, it’s got many pieces, and we’re just looking in the wrong places. i could be filling the puzzle on the outside and still be missing the piece inside.
i’m seeing this early on, as i realize that i can be doing all the things on the outside and still miss it on the inside. it has to come from inside you.
