When It Is Dark Enough...

"When it is dark enough, you can see the stars..." -Charles A. Beard

I saw this quote on the older HBO series "From the Earth to the Moon." I borrowed the DVD set from my obvious NASA resource, my brother. I, lately, have loved watching HBO and Showtime series such as this. I highly recommend HBO's John Adams, if anyone is interested in how our nation was set up and what the founders pondered during this process. And, for more entertainment I am currently watching "Weeds." This one is good too, but a bit vulgar and a bit too focused on entertainment vs. educational, which is what I am more into these days.

Anyways, that quote really spoke to me. I feel like with every break-up, this quote comes to life. It's like I have a my puzzle I call life and when I go through a break-up, that puzzle gets scrambled and pieces fall off. And as I try to continue putting this puzzle together, new pieces are found and the puzzle takes a different turn towards completion.

My latest break-up has brought the thought of changing my career. I am very interested in going to grad school. Though, to what career I want this schooling to lead is still unclear. I am researching regularly what options I have given my current career path. I don't think at this point that I would like to become a principal, but I can't rule it out for the future. An idea I love would be becoming a professor and teach future teachers. But that career requires what may be more than I am willing to put forth in education. In most cases, it would require a doctorate, something I have never even imagined for myself, until now.

Don't get me wrong, I love teaching. If I found myself at the point of retirement and was still teaching a sixth grade science class, I would not look back with regret. There is just something inside me that wants to do more. It's like I feel that I am good at what I am doing now, but that I would be GREAT at doing something else. And though I am happy with my current career, who's to say that a different career wouldn't make me even happier?

I am currently studying for the GRE. It is a lot like the SAT, but obviously, more to it. I have actually enjoyed studying for this test. It's been a long time since I've studied for anything, and I miss it!

This morning I woke up with an even stranger feeling of what I wanted to do. I believe it is directly due to the fact that I watch HGTV way too much. But I thought, I should be a realtor! Now, the likely hood of me actually seeking that out is slim, but it is in the running for right now.

What I will do, I am not sure. But I am definitely at the point in my life where I "can see the stars."