Log #7

I had finished the second book, Wisdom of the Peaceful Warrior, from Dan Millman. This book pointed out some important paragraphs in his previous book and gave some annotation and explanation. The core value of this book is similar to the previous book so I won't explain the content again. However, through reading his books, I know clearly of myself that I really value the quality of life and inner heart. Since a few years ago, I tried to find the balance between my life and my heart. I used to study and major in design, but I found that I did not want to do design as my future job. So I took a year off and went traveling to Australia for six months. After I came back to Taiwan, I transferred to major in Language and started to learn in a new field. Along the way until now, I am always searching for myself and my career. I know there is no perfect and ideal job, but I still want to find my career which I meant to do rather than a job that I can handle.

I started to think about some possible choices which I am interested in. I am interested in learning languages, knowing people from other countries, meditation, and yoga, activities like free diving or rock climbing. Before last semester, I dreamed of becoming a dimplomat because I was interested in both language and culture. During the advanced writing class of Gloria's, I was searching for the information of this job. At that time, I found I was actually not interested in the content and the duty of this job.
So I started to look for another possible option. I later found another job I thought I was interested in- a public servant in immigration. I enrolled for a course to prepare for the exam. There were so many books and laws needed to remember. After digging into this field, now I am not sure whether being a public servant as my career can really satisfy myself even though the benefits and the salary are good.

I am a people with free spirit. Can I be trapped in such orderly and limited job?
Maybe I did not think of it thoroughly. I should not find a job only because the payment is good and I have the expertise in this field. But this is still an option for me to choose from since I am not a practical person. I always make the decision based on my feelings and I am too idealistic. Sometimes being practical and finding a suitable job are the ways you should do to fit in the society.

One teaching in the Peaceful Warrior is to find the balance between inner heart and reality. We do not only seek for material satisfaction such as wealth, power, and social status. We also do not go far way from the public and seek for spiritual demand. We combine these two needs to become complete and reasonable.

So for the present stage, I am highly interested in being a person who can help others to find their inner heart because I know the importance with my own experience. I am thinking about being a spiritual therapist using Tibetan singing bowl sound. I once took this sound therapy, and it really had some positive impact and experience. There are some training courses in Taiwan and in India. I think this is one path I can discover more in the future.

I am also interested in the jobs that I can participate in nature such as outdoor activities. I love nature, challenges, and knowing people. Being part of a worker in an outdoor activity company may also be a great choice for me.