Today you get a two-in-one, no extra charge. My last post went in a completely different direction than I had originally intended. The problem was I liked it and thought it would be a shame to delete it and start over, so you get two in one day. A moment of silence for this momentous occasion in the history of Cara's blogging. Thank you.
I have a table at this coffee shop that I've sat at every week for the past 3 or 4 weeks. A little round back corner table. It is not my favorite. I like the one to the right of the front door better. Its not right by a window, but you get a clear view of whats going on around you. Here I'm oblivious to all because its behind me rather than surrounding me. I suppose that that is a good thing, considering when I'm here I'm busy working, but still. I like to know whats going on. Maybe its because I like to people watch. Maybe its because I just like to be aware. Or maybe its the fact that my favorite table is larger and square, allowing for more room for my lap top, books, notebooks etc. Its roomier. Unfortunately, it has been full every week for a long time. Instead, here I sit, at a tiny little round table in a tiny little corner.
What is it about the atmosphere of coffee shops that allow one to accomplish things that are otherwise difficult to accomplish? for instance, I have better ideas as to what to write or blog while sitting at a coffee shop table as opposed to sitting at home. Ideas flow freely, sentences and phrases come to my mind more easily. I like it here. I like it here. Id like to work at a coffee shop some day. My best friend wants to own a coffee shop someday. I told her I'd help her run it. She said she'd pay me in kind thoughts and words.
Something that I long to do one day is travel to London, find a coffee shop with Wifi and just write. Write what ever comes to my mind, write to my hearts content. And consume large amounts of brewed caffeinated beverages in the process. I think I could be good at that. Drinking coffee and writing. My kind of hobby. And, in the process, travel all of the world and speak at youth conferences. I think I have the love of traveling, writing and speaking for a reason. I know I have them for a reason. I love doing them. Working as the youth director of my church has been so much fun, so fulfilling. It combines two of the things I love most to do, writing and speaking. And I get to lead worship as an added bonus. Plus I do a lot of my writing in Starbucks. Now if only I was traveling the world and doing these things, that would be the epitome of bliss in my mind. In the meantime, I find my duties as the Director of Student Ministries (that's what my title is on the church website. I sound so legit) as a wonderful training ground. I am learning the do's and don'ts of student ministry. I'm learning my process of writing and speaking. I'm learning how to follow God's lead on messages. I'm learning how to better understand the Bible. Its inspiring me to be better at what I do. Its improving my relationship with God. Its giving me insight into the lives of my students. Its given me a better understanding of patience (and ways to to practice it. If you ever run a youth group with only 2 girls amongst a sea of boys you'll understand)
Well, that's where I'd like to be one day. Doing all of the above, all over the world. Its a dream, one that I feel certain can one day be a reality. But until then, I will continue learning and working. And one day maybe you'll meet me, in some foreign coffee shop, wearing a cool hat and writing vigorously on my lap top.
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