Station 5: The Pearl

Station 1: The Service
-Two years of service at the BNC
- Doesn't matter the position
- Remain in a state of service
- Elation
- Be Happy

Station 2: The Education
- Finish this semester at Oakton
- Begin at DePaul next semester
- Complete degree in less than a year
- Graduation
- Be Happy

Station 3: The Higher Education
- Apply to masters program at DePaul
- Complete masters in writing
- Do this in the two to three years necessary
- Graduation
- Be Happy

Station 4: The Career
- Apply for work
- Write books, short stories, etc.
- Establish myself
- Finish writing a least one book in first year
- Be Happy

Station 5: The Family
- Get married
- Move
- Have kids
- Possibly move again
- Be Happy

Instructions:
The following process should not take long. Nearing the ending of the last station I should be entering my thirties, which is daunting right off the bat, and it will be around this time when things begin to solidify. Life might not start as quickly as most believe. This is, absolutely, a process that requires time, gestation, and developmental exercises to complete. Notwithstanding, several lives that I see right now confound me. People aren't happy, disappointed with their lives, angry that their "chance" didn't arrive; despite the very real possibility that they simply missed or weren't awake enough to grab hold and enjoy. This is the goal here as I've figured out my path. The goal is to take that path. My path. Follow it until it's end in the next life, and, hopefully, have made progress enough in this world to feel comfortable with the amount of service; or not, and wish I could spend more time doing so. These are the things that make life enjoyable and full of cheek to cheek smiles: service, God, tests, and happiness. The good thing, for me (not to rub it in to anyone else) at this point, is recognition. It's not every day that someone see so clearly their path before them. So, I suppose the tribulations will take place throughout my life as a writer as opposed to the path it takes to get there. Smooth sailing until then, perhaps. I hope not. I hope difficulties continue to keep me grounded here until I'm ready to take that step into that other path of complete happiness, tranquility, and prayer.