Last night I had the pleasure of accompanying some theatre people out after their call backs for a play they were all auditioning for. As I sat there, they all chatted away about the different stresses and concerns that were brought up by the auditions. They kept apologizing to me for going on about it, and asked if I thought they were crazy for putting themselves through this.
And I said no.
No because even though it brings them the most heartache right now- in the end when things do come together for this play or another play, they experience great joy in what they did and are doing with their lives.
It made me think of the last time that happened for me. Has there been an event during my year of service so far that has brought me as much joy as say... an event that I did with SPRINT core last year? While I have been very focused on creating small moments of joy in my job for myself, I am now looking at the experience of these theatre students and my past experiences and wondering when what I am doing will bring me that kind of joy and fulfillment again. Again, I am steadily finding more joy in my job, but I just don't know if it's the kind of overfilling joy that I've experienced in the past and that's what keeps me searching.
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