Some things you cannot learn until you are ready. Some things take time and life experience before your can receive their answer.
My example of this comes from trying many different paths that just did not stick. When I was 27, I had strong convictions about becoming a nutritionist. During my training, however, I came to an important realization: no matter how good a diet is, if one does not have a healthy relationship to food, it won’t matter. I then switched gears and dove into the field of psychology, because I had to know more about human motivation – and what drives us – before I committed myself to nutrition alone.
I ended up applying and getting into Pacifica Graduate Institute in California to study counseling psychology. I never went. By the time school was about to start, I already had other interests. During that time, I was still searching. My curiosities were directing my life, and soon they would take me into more spiritual studies. I couldn’t help but notice that, even after training and some experience in one area, God constantly had other plans! And… I kept getting brought to new situations that called for re-evaluation. What did I really want to do? After all, sooner than later I need to “land” on something so I could start making a living.
Looking back now, I could not have known what I wanted to do then because I had not experienced enough of life to know. But what I do realize now, is that I can blend all my experiences into one career. And just because it seems God has built a landing strip for ideas into my head, it doesn’t mean I have to switch gears every time a new one lands. I just have to learn how to integrate it into what I’m already doing.