A is for Aspiration {Blogging through the Alphabet}

ASPIRATION

~a hope or ambition of achieving something~

Unless a person is just completely out of it, they are going to have aspirations. Really there will be something, even just one thing, they hope to do or achieve. Even if it is just getting out of bed, and even if it is only as short sighted as the next hour.

When I was young, I had many aspirations. Two that I wanted have come to fruition: being a wife and mother. The other aspirations? well there were many, and many have been forgotten. Lately I have been thinking more about what I want to be or do. More 'do' than 'be' really. I am what I am... so the 'be' part is fairly done, I'd think. I still want to 'be' a teacher; that's a work in progress. 

What do I aspire to do? There are many superficial things {and by that I do not mean they are worthless but they do nothing but make me happy so I consider them superficial}, such as changing my blog design {by myself}; 'perfecting' a gluten-free, dairy-free THM-approved pizza crust {I miss pizza!}; get the house cleaned and organized {okay so maybe that would make more than just me happy...}.

There are other things that I think would be *less* superficial. They don't quite reach profound but they could be of benefit to others. Some of those aspirations include having a productive greenhouse garden, being able to cost-effectively make things at home {like clothing or special things}, writing letters to those who don't get out much {a ministry of sorts?}, writing a book {this could be profound; depends on the book, eh?}, etc.

I am very content with my life. God is good to us and blesses us abundantly. Sometimes I go to bed and after I've thanked Him for all that He's given me {and I cannot possibly list them all in a prayer} I think to myself, what should I be doing with all these gifts? That's where my aspirations lay; I want to do something profound through what God has given me. I'm just not sure what or how. 

Another thing to think about is what about my kids' aspirations? Oh, that one is even more difficult for me because I am to help them reach those. What do they aspire to be, to do? Do they even think about those things? Well, I do know they do because we talk about them. It's interesting that they do not seem to flip around with the "what do you want to be when you grow up" question like I did when I was younger. I couldn't decide. They've both decided {for the most part, the details may be hazy yet} what they want to pursue for a career as adults. 

I don't just mean their jobs, though. That's definitely important. But do they want to reach out and help others or is it just themselves they want to please? I may be rambling a bit here but those questions made me think, what kind of character do my kids have- and have I helped them build the best character traits? Just this month {April} the HSBA Post's theme for the Blog and Tell was character building. 

I don't think that I went too far from 'aspirations' by going to 'character building'. One leads to the other. If we have a faulty character, our aspirations could be less than admirable. 

Well, that's my "A is for ...." post for Blogging through the Alphabet. Marcy's doing a link-up at her blog. See more "A" entries :)