Wednesday, August 20, 2008

A jaunt about money and securities.

I am at the cafe after a pretty wild night. I slept in a homebuilt shack in the woods of North Carolina. So many fears of not having enough money or a place to stay are arising-so many doubts. Yet in the end I slept for many hours. Now it is so nice to sit in a restaurant and feel not poor or like a bum. Though I pretty much am but I pretend otherwise.

These fears and insecurities are quite wild and deep. I had thoughts to bail out last night. I questioned what I was doing out here. But how can I go back when, by going back, I would be only using someone else to fill my loneliness and my unmet fears? How can I entirely love anyone as I depend upon them for this?

Some days out here I feel incredibly worthless and like I have no purpose. Which really I don't. My only purpose at this point is to serve others and help them with there needs since I have none. I haven't really created any either. Could that be a true statement? We create a need and purpose for ourselves in order to feel worthwhile and like we actually belong here.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

So true, about people creating their purpose... and maybe this is why its hard to be "in between jobs", or "in between homes" or in "between lifestyles".

It is scary to be a person without a 5-year-plan, and no specific career goals to speak of. Scary, but also liberating. The real truth of it is that even the most successful, goal-driven people don't actually have solid ground to stand on. They are just pretending like everyone else. It is brave not to pretend.