Goals for the Next Chapter
I believe it is important to set goals. No, we don't always meet them. Sometimes life takes an unexpected turn. However, without goals we find ourselves living only for a moment, and sometimes just surviving or trying to 'get through.' I don't believe I ever sat down and wrote out a complete set of life goals. Some things 'just happened.' Yet that makes life interesting. You don't always know what is coming. True, it may turn out to be a tragedy. But it may turn out just as easily to be an acc omplishment. And out of the tragedies may come new opportunities, or new insights. As a Christian I believe with Paul that "all things work for good for those who love God." Just before turned age 50 I turned a page in my life and decided to go back to school. It was in the works for many years, but time and money and other responsibilities made it more difficult to pursue until about 10 years ago. I had two degrees at Nashotah House to choose from: