“I want to be gentler with my callings and seasons.”
Jedidiah Jenkins is back in my notes again. His thoughts will always captivate me. His chapter on Work from “Like Stream to the Ocean” is so full of golden nuggets to implement into one’s own life.
This quote especially, because of the kindness attached to it.
Most of the time, I’m pretty preoccupied by my ambitions, chasing my dreams, and finding my calling.
But it’s still been hard for me to figure all that out and go after them every day.
self portrait on an upward path. a metaphor of sorts.
“To be gentler with my callings and seasons” is permission to give grace while still pursuing the life I want.
I was just telling a new friend that for us to do the photography work we want to do, it’s going to take a little longer than it will for others. We have to be patient, and hopefully the pain of time won’t hurt too much.
On top of that, we have personal seasons to commit to. My 2021 notes are filled with my ongoing struggles to be a full time photographer, but, like..
I got married this year! That should definitely take precedence for a season.
I moved out of the house I’d lived in with my best friends for the last three years. And we did a huge show to commemorate it!
The man who influenced so much of my life and the lives of my family, my grandpa, passed away.
I could go on.
All this to say, I hope I can come back to this kind way of thinking when I get down on myself. Seasons affect the pace of a callings, and I need to be at peace as they flow from one to the next. ❤️