'Mornin everybody...
I just got a lump in my throat and my eyes
welled up as I wrote the title to this post. Every single time I
mention the number of days until graduation, or speak of it with
someone, or stop for 30 seconds and remind myself that I am graduating, I
instantly see the picture in my mind of me in my cap and gown, (cap
very likely not fitting) sitting amongst my classmates, getting my
degree. The image is so strong in my mind now that I believe it
completely. In my mind, it is already graduation day. Zig Ziglar talks
about this in his "How to Stay Motivated" series. Once you see an image
in your mind of an accomplishment you are striving for, and once your
mind begins to accept that image...it's as good as done. We move towards
our strongest impulses.
I am starting a new week and it feels
like an extension of last week...and the week before. I worked until
7:30 last night. I hadn't planned on spending almost 9 hours on this job
but there were some difficulties and it took a lot longer to finish
than I expected. I worked 10 hours the day before on a different job.
Today I am working until 5 or 6. I am busy right through the end of the
week, but hopefully I'm taking the weekend off to spend with my
daughter. The crush of finishing my degree is imposing itself on the
time I spend with almost everyone, but I keep every other weekend free
for Morgan. When I lost everything, so did she. We went three and a half
year without being able to spend our weekends together like we'd always
had until then. Now that I have a place to live again, I guard that
privilege like gold.
I have two tests, a paper on Daniel 9:24-27,
and some comments on classmates blogs for my Life Coaching class all due
tonight. Child's play.
Honestly I am sad to see this ending. I
love to learn. I love learning anything at all, but learning more about
my faith has been amazing. The life Coaching minor is essential to the
career plans I have so I enjoy those classes as well.
I plan on
going straight into a Masters program this fall if I have time. My
Christmas book is coming out in Sept. and I will be traveling a bit and
doing some speaking for that. I am starting a new book this summer with
my friend Tony Luke Jr. and I am starting a new job in May, once I
graduate.
After the first of the year I have a new book of my own I
want to get started on. It's a modern retelling of the story of the
Prodigal Son.
Life is busy for me but I have always been one to
bite off large chunks. I like new things and I thrive on challenges. So
doing all these things at once is just the way I like it.
Well
this entry is a bit tame, but I didn't promise every day would be
scintillating. Tomorrow I plan on sharing my thoughts on why a college
degree...in anything...matters so much. But for the moment I have
algebra to do and then I have to go to work.
Until Tomorrow...
Craig
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