Choices

God has definitely been showing me that in this life we do indeed have choices. In particular I have once again been pondering the future this time it's about my college degree and which major I should pursue. Basically, I think that I have exhausted my list of majors like four times over continually cycling through the options always thinking that the current decision was the one God wanted me to pursue. Finally I have come to realize that I could choose any of the paths and it would be the right choice. There isn't one single "right path".

I guess the way that I see it is that there are multiple paths that are right and God gives us the choice as to which one we want to follow according to His will. I know that sometimes we can stray from the will of God if we make poor decisions and fall into sin but I think that inside the will of God there are many choices that we get to have in our life. We aren't robots God gives us the choice to love Him and He gives us choices throughout our entire life on earth!

Realizing this it definitely helps me with my decision for school. I was searching for the major that God wanted me to do when the whole time He was giving me the choice! I no longer have to worry about straying from Gods path for me because I'm at a fork in the road and either path is correct. It's like walking on a trail in the mountains. When you reach a fork in the road you can choose right or left but still be on the path, but when you leave the path and go off into the brush that's when you've truly strayed. Choosing pharmacy or teaching isn't straying from the path it's simply making a decision on where I want my life to go and continuing on in the will of God.

With all of that said I feel like I've come to a decision about which major I want to pursue in college: Math/Education double degree. I want to be a high school math teacher! For a long time I have wanted to be a high school math teacher, I love algebra, but I never really thought of it as anything I would really want to do, but I really do! My mother told me, wisely I might add, that I should just choose a major and stick with it. Constant flip flopping around is just a waste of money and time. Well I think I've made my decision. Teaching math seems like a good idea to me and I already have a lot of the lower division curriculum completed. If I take on math 253 course this spring I will be all set to start up my second year in the fall. It seems like perfect timing to me! I think I just might go for it!

Oh, also! I've been thinking about participating in a study abroad program with my college and have seriously been looking at going to Australia for a year!... We shall see how those events unfold.

UPDATE: Not gonna be a math teacher... on to Physics and Education!... oh boy...