The story of my life

OK. This is not the whole story, just the bit that can fit this time.

I remember, when I was a little girl (some where around kindergarten to Class 3) I wanted to be a teacher. I believed that teaching was the best profession in the world. Nobody in this world was greater than a teacher. That wasn't helped by the fact that I didn't know any other profession (apparently my parents were parents, I didn't see them as professionals).

Then I grew up some, and I wanted to become a stewardess. I thought that was the profession to have. I found them pretty to say the least. Their charming smiles, fresh make-ups, beautiful uniforms, what was there not to like? Not forgetting that they were constantly on the move, into newer, nicer territories on a daily basis while at work. I was thoroughly convinced that being a stewardess is the best job in the world.

Later on, I decided to be a pilot. Being a stewardess wasn't so bad, but I wanted the travel with the genius. Stewardesses were just not using their genius mind. I wanted a job that tested my brain power, and made me look and feel really smart. And I was convinced that piloting was the job for me. Hmmm...

After high school, I flipped the coin again. I wanted to be some computer genius. Well, I didn't make it to piloting school, my grades were quite demented for it. But not so for computers. So I did Computer Science. In the process, I realized my sincere love for computer programming, never mind I found it quite a challenge. But the challenge was worth it. I wasn't necessarily an A student in it, but it was one big adventure. I made a mental note that after graduation, I'll become a computer programmer.

After graduation, I've become anything but a computer programmer. The most I've come to computer handling is data entry, Facebooking, Tweeting, editing, anything but making sophisticated computer programs. And by the way things are going, I may deviate into some unknown territory. So much for setting careers.

In all this, I realize that though I plan and jot, God has the final say in my life. He knows the end from the beginning. He was there when I wanted to be all those things, and didn't accomplish them. He knows why none of them materialized. He had a plan for me even before I was born, and all I'm going through is just part of it.

So I officially hand my life over to Him. I let Him decide, ultimately, divinely, what He knows I should be. I let him finish this story, the story of my life. I let him lead me to wherever He wants me to be. I let the Author and Finisher of my faith author this story, and at the end of it all, He will be glorified, I will be fulfilled, and we'll all live happily ever after.

What's with the Joneses?

The Joneses are everywhere. They determine what we think, where we go, what we do, why we do it, how we do it. They have it better than us, they somehow know more than us (at times about us), they pretty much "rule the world". They determine the hair-do (and don'ts), the in-things (and out ones too), almost literally what happens on the earth as it goes round and round. If we are not careful, they can pretty much plan out our lives for us, and we will feel obliged to do it.

At times I wonder who invented the Joneses. Where did they come from, and what are they doing here? Who invented them? Who gave them so much power? Why do many of us have to tremble whenever we hang around them? What's with the awesomeness they're given? Why does everything have to come to a sudden halt just because they dropped by? But most of all, who gave us the mandate to follow them?

Why should the world come to a tumbling halt just because some I-got-more-than-you passed by? Why should I give more power to someone who doesn't think the same way I do? What gives them the audacity to be more than I am? Why should I live life like they're everything and more? What makes them so special?

What will happen if people just stopped keeping up with the Joneses? If everyone was content with who they are, and not look for someone to make them feel that extra special? If everyone looked within themselves, and more importantly, God, to find true contentment, instead of looking for acceptance in people? What if God became our ultimate, instead of the Joneses?

What if we all dropped the Joneses, and put God instead?