Live Fearless

In one and a half weeks I have my graduation party, and a week later I move back to my hometown to live with my grandmother. None of my current plans involve attending college, or even trade school. My talent and passion is writing novels. So I'll be spending my days working at Meijer and taking any babysitting jobs I can get while my days off and evenings will be spent writing. This is what I've chosen, this is what I want. I have no qualms with working a day job my whole life, and I have no intention of ever giving up on my writing. Over the past few months I have dealt with many people questioning my decisions. They want to know why I'm not going to college, why I'm moving to another state and in with my grandmother. They want to know why I'm wasting my time on an art. They tell me I'm throwing my life away, and that I'm not going to accomplish anything worth doing. What makes some thing worth doing? Is it money, is it prestige? Do you consider my life lesser because I'm not following the meticulously carved mold that society has created? Now maybe you are attending college or trade school, and I think that's great if that's what you want to do! However, if you're like me and you're taking a path less travelled, don't let people talk you out of building the life you want to live. Don't let them tie your worth to money or acconpkisents or prestige. A dear friend of mine once wrote "even if you never learned another thing you would be perfectly adequate and utterly invaluable" you are enough because God says you are enough for Him. You are far too precious to put any price on your worth, because Christ has made you worthy. When you were formed in your mother's womb, you were enough for God, and before you took your first breath you were more valuable than all the universe in His eyes. So don't waste your time trying to make the choices that other people expect. Don't live in the world that other people have defined for you. Fond your freedom in Christ and use the gifts and talents He gave you. Fearlessly follow the desires He has set in your heart, and never be ashamed of a job that someone else looks down on. Never let them take away your self esteem just because they make a few more dollars than you. Live fearlessly. You know who you are, live in that knowledge.