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		<title>mission monday: what&#8217;s this life for?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[deep title. I know.  but I was going for the subject of purpose and the song crept in my head (can&#8217;t remember who its by now) with the lyrics &#8220;what&#8217;s this life for&#8221;.  So we are going with it but I promise this probably won&#8217;t be as deep as the title &#8211; So I have [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>deep title. I know.  but I was going for the subject of purpose and the song crept in my head (can&#8217;t remember who its by now) with the lyrics &#8220;what&#8217;s this life for&#8221;.  So we are going with it but I promise this probably won&#8217;t be as deep as the title <img src='http://www.shannonkelleyphotography.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>&#8211;</p>
<p>So I have realized that I have about 1.2 million things swirling around my head at the moment (thanks to a January packed with <a href="http://www.shannonkelleyphotography.com/blog/2010/01/imaging-usa-review/">Imaging</a>, <a href="http://www.shannonkelleyphotography.com/blog/2010/02/knoxville-wedding-photographer-10/">Dane</a>, and other random things) and I sit down to write and I can&#8217;t get anything out because its all so jumbled.  So, today I&#8217;m picking one thing that I&#8217;m chewing on.</p>
<p>&#8211;</p>
<p><em>Again, mission mondays are just a random things going on in my brain.  I like to share them here to get them out, share a little of me personally, and maybe inspire someone to think on these things as well. no preachy preachy, literally just my thoughts&#8230;more for me to help process:) </em></p>
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<p>So, purpose.  why am i here? its the constant question on my mind.  always. am I where I&#8217;m supposed to be?</p>
<p>growing up my only true goal was to be happy.  thats it.  that still is my only goal.  whether my life is in a small house here in knoxville running my business or living in a hut overseas.  I truly am ok with any and all as long as I am happy and know that I&#8217;m where I am supposed to be.</p>
<p>but I struggle with knowing that I am where I&#8217;m supposed to be.  struggle with being content where I am rather than always looking forward.</p>
<p>This month something happened.  slowly, not sure when and where.  but I became content.  content right now, with life.</p>
<p>Content that I am where I need to be and that I need to make the best of it now in order to get to where I want to be.  What good is today if you throw it out in an effort to get to tomorrow?</p>
<p>So today I enjoyed my life.  I made the most of it.  Yes, I&#8217;m looking forward to the future; yes, God is definitely not done and I know I&#8217;m not where I&#8217;ll end up in any way but. I.am.content.</p>
<p>here is one of the sources of my contentment:)</p>
<p><a href="http://www.shannonkelleyphotography.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/a.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-2271" title="a" src="http://www.shannonkelleyphotography.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/a-1024x472.jpg" alt="" width="900" height="414" /></a></p>

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