Gone...

Gone, like yesterday is gone...
...My high school dreams are gone...

Well, not completely. So coming back from work today, I passed by the Career Services Center while they were having their GREEN Job and Internship Fair. "Health and Safety", "Conservation", blah blah blah, then as I neared the steps something caught my eye, "San Diego Zoo."
At first, I thought of a Homegroup trip, then I realized they weren't here to publicize the zoo but rather look for prospective employees. This brought me back to my High School (and even all the way back to Elementary school) dream.
Some kids grow up wanting to be a police officer, fire fighter, archaeologist, but not me. I have always wanted to be a zoo keeper/veterinarian. Somebody that works with tigers and other large mammals.
And I just got to thinking, "whatever happened to that dream? Was it really just a phase? I mean, if it was, why am I thinking about it so much now?"
Then I realized why I am on the path to becoming a teacher rather than a vet. Quite a bit ago I prayed that "Your will be done, and not mine, let Your plans become my plans." And so my dream of pursuing a career with animals that I love faded away, and my dream of pursuing a career with man that God loves arose.

After all, we're called to be fishers of men right?