Flew out for a job interview last weekend. Was offered the position a few days later. Negotiating contract details at this point. Quite confident that we will come to an agreement. Will amount to a 50% pay increase, an opportunity for greater autonomy, in a setting more in line with how I which to practice my profession. Will take me to a bigger city, with more opportunities for meeting people in my season of life and easier access to travel.
Through patience and introspection I thankfully have come to a point where I no longer feel the need to "flee" my current circumstances in order to find peace and contentment. But I do look forward to the opportunity for a fresh start. A blank canvas upon which to strengthen and deepen the positive changes that I have made amidst an unwanted and unforeseen situation.
I read something today that resonated with me. I think it goes to the heart of DB and I will share it here:
"Many bad things happen in life and it is a mistake to try to sentimentalize these moments away by saying that they must be happening to serve some higher good. But sometimes, when suffering can be connected to a larger narrative of change and redemption, we can suffer our way to wisdom. This is the kind of wisdom you can't learn from books. You have to experience it yourself. Sometimes you experience your first taste of nobility in the way you respond to suffering."
I am a modest person but I have allowed myself to indulge in the pride I feel about the way I have responded. I've indeed tasted nobility. And it's delicious.
