i’ve noticed from the “introduce yourself” post that quite a few of my blog readers are from australia. i’ve subscribed to their blogs now and with each read i more and more find myself wanting to move there. it’s autumn there, you know.
lately, i’ve also been in touch with some friends from scotland. i even had a lady from an ad agency in edinburgh email me last week asking for my CV (resume) and art portfolio, completely out of the blue. talk about temptation! i sent it along, knowing full well we can’t afford to move overseas, or afford to apply for the HSMP to get our visas.
all of this comes down to my struggle with contentment…being happy where i am at and not day dreaming of far off lands (which i hold in idealistic regard). if money were no issue…i think my dream would be to travel and write for the rest of my life.
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17 responses to “the grass is greener [on the other side of the world]”
Of course the grass is always greener somewhere else. That’s what drives ministers away from their current (and problem filled churches) to consider another church in another place…until they get there and find the same problems they had previously, except everyone has a different name at the new site.
I used to tell people who visited Hawaii, that at 7 AM, the freeway is still backed up with people trying to get home (and 5, 6, 7 PM, too). Where’s the paradise in that? The trick is still being content where we’re at. God put us there. To be discontent is to be disobedient and unaccepting of what God knows to be best for us at this time.
Sorry to hear about your driver’s licence.
Had breakfast with everyone else last Thursday in GP.
Unka Bob