May 15th, 2007: I ended the work day with an impromptu meeting with my sales manager. I basically said that there was no easy way to go about what I wanted to say, so I just said it: “I’m quitting. This has been a great learning experience and I totally think I could succeed in this, but this isn’t what I’m meant to do.”
From that meeting, my manager and I headed up to meet with the President of our company (not a small company, this was kind of a big deal). At first, the President was just pissed and angry at me. I had told him only 6 months before that I was in the job for the long haul and that there was no way to tell in 5 months how fulfilling the job could be. I told him he was right, I had gone back on my word and I wasn’t giving the job enough time.
He went on to say that if I gave another solid year and a half of work that I would be a sales manager and I would be making $100k to $200k a year. Again, he was right.
My answer to that was that my decision was entirely non-money based. If I even stayed another month I would have hit the jackpot. I was less than a week away from a deal that would have made me close to $5,000. That was my problem with sales and a lot of business world: The entire goal was always the next money milestone. It was something that simply didn’t resonate for me.
1 Year Later…
I think God has confirmed my decision. Seminary was really difficult and my janitor and worship ministry jobs have been stretching in different ways. I went in to seminary with little to no Bible and theology education and I had to battle through lack of motivation many times during 2nd semester. I have also seen God be able to use some of my gifts in a big way with worship at Sunset. I’m not one week away from making $5,000 but I am fairly sure that life isn’t about that.
I am extremely humbled to think of how God was able to change my life in the last year.
How has God changed your life in one year?
“Once I swallowed bird,
Felt like a cage at first, but now
Sometimes my flesh flutters- and I think
I could go mad for joy.” DPY
A little over a year ago for me was a story of “rags to riches” (in a small way). I had hit a wall in my life, waiting tables and bartending and barely making ends meet, had alot of ups an downs w/ relationships….but I made a desicion to press through for a job I’d been trying to get for a long time and succeeded. I even met the man I love the most….
Now? My future is more clear (thought morphing all the time), my steps are more solid and I am so grateful for the blessings in my life. It’s wonderful to know that daily, my life is happy. I am the Hero my own story, the adventure that my King has laied before me.
It is amazing what one single year can bring…..=P
that great man…awesome stuff….Run over to my blog and use testimony as a search and read mine…thats how God has changed me..
That is AWESOME Ash. Great story.
I’ll head over and read that Joel.
great post. i dig your blog.
I’ll give you some link love soon.
peace
He has blessed me with a job, one of a few things I was praying for last year.
but I’m eagerly waiting for what’s coming up within the next year.