Keeping it Small and Simple

        I was going to talk about my house and life when I was thinking about this title and typing it out but then I got to thinking about something else these past two days and that is about my big dream. I love this verse because it has been hitting me a lot of ways lately for a lot of things. First, it hit me about my small apartment, then job, and now my future and the path God has for me now and onwards. 

          “Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much."- Luke 16:10

          I had a friend say something like, "Do you know why we set goals so high and dreams that are unattainable? It is because when we make it, it is all worth it. We don't need to be the next biggest thing, we just need to be making an impact.

          I will say that I responded back with this verse and this saying, that I made up on the spot: "You don't have to get to the next "big" thing or you dreams right away. It turns out a lot better if you take the small steps first." I came up with that on my break during work and it just made sense to me. To tell you a little of what is going on with me, I am trying to decide what is next for me in my future. I have been thinking of 3 possibilities off and on since I have moved to AR. I just keep getting more ideas instead of just sticking to one because everything just seem too hard. 
          But it is funny how God works because He will send the right people in your life at the right time and you could be learning from each other. Someone could be encouraging someone without even knowing it. I will say that there have been two videos that have really encouraged me through what I think I'm pushing towards and I so happen to watch them on the college campus right after I'm done with a class or a meeting. Maybe it is a sign, maybe it is just chance even though I don't believe in that but it does encourage me either way. 
           This year my biggest struggle has been going back to college and not just any college but a community college and taking some classes that I might need if I want to continue to get my Master's in OT. If you take the time to think about everything that would change with that and how to do that and so on it would drive you up the wall. It has been driving me up the wall since March of this year but that is when I finally took the leap of faith, I guess you can call it, and signed up for one Fall class. Well, let me tell you I am almost done with that college class. This class that I am just getting done with was an easy one that I had to retake for a reason. 
           The class that I signed up for for next semester is a class that I have not taken yet and I heard that it is also really hard. It is a kind of Science class. Not that I'm not good at Science or don't like it, this class just has a lot of things to remember. I'm taking that hard class to see if I can do and really want to go back to get my Master's in OT because I think if I can pass this class then I can pass any class in that field. I might find out that I am wrong when getting it but this class could give me hope if I do well in it. 
          Another reason I couldn't decide and it was hard for me back in March was because of my job that I had then. It was really stressing me out and I was working so much overtime with very little help. I had tons of meetings to go to just for that job and it was, of course, emotional too. I couldn't see how I could do classes and that job. Well, needless to say God took care of that problem for me and now I have a job that I love and is a lot easier and has been more willing so far for me to go to classes. 
          I will admit the keeping it small and simple and doing the small steps first. I got to thinking last night and today that right now that is what I'm doing or have to do. I have to take one class a semester because I have a full time job. It is probably easier for me too since I never had some of these classes before. I have four classes I need to take before I can give think about getting my Master's in OT but that will work out because I can take one class each semester and I will be done at the community college in two years like I am suppose to be. That also will finish my 5 years here in AR if I decide to move back to MO for a little bit for my Master's. Five years is a limit I gave of gave myself if nothing really changed here in AR. I can tell you right now that nothing really has changed or gone the way I hoped it would but everything is for the better for sure. 
         For me, I just need to remember the verse and just that keeping things small and simple is the best way. Yes, it might take longer to get to the goal or dream but in the end it will be worth it because you spent the time preparing for it with those small steps. I'm sure you have seen people that just jumps into something and everything falls apart not too long after that jumped into doing it, right? They lose everything and sometimes everyone. You don't want to be that person, right? Just take your time and most importantly "let God lead you". He is the Only True One that should really matter to you, not anyone else. You should be glorifying Him not yourself or anyone else.