Are You Ready...

... to go? for classes to start? for this conversation? to go to work? to eat? to graduate? for Christmas break to get here? to grow up? to see a movie? to fall in love? to get your heart broken? for something amazing to happen?

Unfortunately, my answers to these questions don't matter.

Well let me rephrase that. In most cases, regardless of whether I'm "ready" or not, these things are going to happen anyway. In other words, I always need to be "ready". But what does that mean? As I'm laying here writing this, I really have no idea what the answer to that question is. And I don't exactly know where this post is going..

I used to hear the words ready and willing together a lot. Are they interchangable? I'm beginning to think that they are. Or, at least, they should be, considering that me being ready isn't going to stop many things from happening. Me being willing, that's another story. Am I willing to go to work? Am I willing to get a job, to grow up, to fall in love? My answer should be YES. Attitude is a very big part of success (at least in my opinion). If I am more willing to accept the things that are coming my way, I will probably be happier when they do come. (I don't even know if this is making any sense. I'm kind of... venting right now.)

This summer while at camp, I really learned to do things I didn't want to/wasn't used to doing. The phrase I began to use, and my prayer, was that I "become comfortable outside of my comfort zone." I began to enjoy getting to know adults and holding conversations with them. I also started getting used to walking up to complete strangers, introducing myself, and building a relationship with them out of nothing. It became very enjoyable for me. In the past week being back at Christ the King, I have been presented with many more opportunities to do just that, meet people and start getting to know them. Instead of being afraid or dreading this responsibility, I have embraced it, become more willing to do it. Willing to meet people, willing to get to learn about them, willing to step out of my comfort zone.
And that has made all the difference.
So I do believe that I am ready to do lots of things that are being thrown my way. And if I'm not completely ready, as long as I'm willing, I will be able to do great things.



ps- sorry this is so scatterbrained.. it's the first week of school; there's been LOTS going on.
pps- I apologize for it being a ridiculously long time since I've updated. Camp was AMAZING, and I'm sure there will be lots of future posts about that :)