As most of you know or have heard, I'm heavily considering going to Taiwan to work for a few months in the restaurant industry before enrolling in pastry school back here in SoHo. The "end goal" is to open up my own place with Mikey, whether truck or restaurant or cafe. We want to share God's love and bring joy to people through our food. The different inputs needed to achieve this end goal are experience, training, and capital. This is partially why I'm going to Taiwan & enrolling in pastry school... cuz I'm pretty sure I'm not good enough right now to start a business.
"future", "career", "making a living" -- these are all such loaded words that carry heavy connotations of what we, what I am supposed to build for myself as a middle-class, asian-american recent business-student college graduate. I feel so much pressure to make money and plan out the next 5, next 10 years of my life. Honestly, I just want to make people happy through my food... yet this simple desire is poisoned by the "weeds", the worries of this world and the pressures that are placed on me. My dream already has been compromised, and I fear that it will continue to die out as I get more and more involved with pursuing this goal.
The journey feel so long, and my endurance is ever so weak. What if I don't ever finish this race...
3 comments:
press on, sister! as cheesy as it sounds, the cliche holds true -- when there's a will, there's a way! keep firing up that passion and feeding that flame. just know that there are many people rooting you on and supporting you and wanting and praying that you realize your dream!
-"ck2"
wow nancy!! i didn't know this was how u were feeling! i support you 100%! if u opened up a restaurant, i'd totally be there. =) girl - u have a talent. use that GOd given gift!
hmm... perhaps the pressure you feel is placed by yourself? i know God has a great plan for your life, so don't despair! you don't have to "make" it happen, either. wait on the Lord to give you direction!! praying for ya!!!
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