I’ve been a member of The Junior League of Austin for seven years. One of the things I love about being in The Junior League of Austin is that each year we have a new placement that helps us grow through service in the community or within the League. You never know what you might be chosen to do. This year I have been tasked with serving as Provisional Chair.
What does that mean exactly? It means that I am responsible for introducing and training our incoming class of members to the League. All 250ish of them. Whoo wee! I have to say I have done my fair share different and exciting things, but this is new. Or at least it seems new. I am excited, but nervous. I think new and unknown can be scary because I don’t like to fail.
Words I hate: Fear, Scared, Fail. When they trickle into my head I have to snap out of it.
I believe that everything in life prepares you for something you are meant to do in the future.
(As I write this I can hear my dad in his strong accent saying that to me over and over.) And somehow that takes the nerves and casts them away. It’s like that movie I’ve never scene: The force was always with you (or something like that). Or the fact that Dorothy always had the power to go home on her feet. The Ruby Slippers.
My Slippers are already with me. I have the force. Let the journey begin.
I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it. Ecclesiastes 3:10
All strength training is “resistance” training, as you probably well know. What can we do in life without the strength to do it. So “travail” must come to exercise us so that we may do what is required of us. (Travail is translated from the Hebrew word “‘inyan” meaning: occupation, task, job.) If your time has come to do this work, (or anything other task for that matter,) Then get ready for your work out: and the only way to fail a work out is not to do it! :^)
P.S.
You’ve never seen Star Wars. Girl you ought to be ashamed of yourself! lol
You are the perfect person to lead the Provisionals into their new adventure with JLA! So proud of you!