Pursuit of Passion

I want to talk about passion and the pursuit of something that isn't presently in your reach. I learned this lesson when I worked for a Construction company as an Apprentice Carpenter. This was a 4 year process and fairly grueling, for a citified boy like myself. But I worked hard in the freezing Winters and hot Summers' of Colorado. But into my 3rd year of my career I was having difficulty getting mentally prepared for the job, the driving and difficult and albeit dangerous work were taking there toll. It finally snapped inside of me how much I knew I didn't want to be in this line of work, when I found myself tied off to a 100' lifeline on a roof 30 feet in the air shoveling snow. I remember clearly, the sense of dread when I would slip and start sliding off until my rope would catch. I was looking at all the office buildings around and thought to myself, 'look at all those people working in those nice offices, doing something.' (not sure what that something was though). But since God always knows exactly the timing and the things that you need, that weekend came my first step toward a different career.

What do you do?

This was the question I asked a man who was driving our priest up to our parish that Sunday. He responded and said he was the owner of a Web Development company. At the time I wasn't really sure what that meant, but I liked computers and it sounded like a great job. Well long winded story short, he gave me a programming software (Visual Studio 2005), and every day after work I would spend hours working on coding projects. My big break came right after I graduated as a Journeyman Carpenter when I went to see this friend and showed him what I had been working on. He gave me a huge opportunity by offering me a job as a Junior Developer, and from there I started this career I'm in now. If you pursue your dream and never give up you will find it. It may not be exactly what you thought it would be or it may change but bring your passion of something and go for it!