Visualize

A question I remembered during the Crossover event was:


How do you see yourself 5 years from now?


Honestly, I can't really answer the question. Before I went home, I already have the mindset of taking the licensure exams, passing it, and working in the academe as an instructor, and also serving in the church and campus ministry. 


And that mindset was shaken when I went home. 


My father is suggesting I should take further studies and pursue Clinical Pharmacy, which is the fifth year of the Pharmacy curriculum in CEU, or even continue until Doctor of Pharmacy, which is on the sixth year. 


My mind was so shaken I tried to think of it the whole day and weighing things, like "is going to the academe really not good?", "Well, I'll be able to practice my profession in the hospital setting if I pursue Clinical Pharmacy", and "but I already had the mindset of being an instructor!"
I also thought on the Chem company I tried to apply to during the jobs fair. It's more on the industrial side, so more on laboratory practice here. The company doesn't even need a licensed pharmacist, they accept graduates who even don't have the license.


I had those thoughts, those suggestions in my mind. My dad wants me to pursue Clinical Pharmacy or Doctor of Pharmacy. I want to pursue Masters' Degree or PhD and teach, and that industrial company is hanging on my thoughts.


I want this, I want that, is this good for me? Is this really what my family wants for me? Is it really for me? Is this what I really want in my life, to work as(insert choice here)?


but the RIGHT QUESTION is:


Where does God want me to go, amidst these choices?

As I contemplate about the decisions I will make, I really should pray to God for His guidance for me to take the right decision, where He really wants me to go, and that's how we should visualize our future- a future guided by God. The decisions we make today will affect our future, so we should not make hasty decisions. Think about it once, twice, thrice, a hundred times, with God's guidance.


As Jehoshaphat said on 2 Chronicles 18:4, "First seek the counsel of the LORD."