Hats off to the past. Sleeves up to the future.

Yesterday I worked at a fundraising event for the Lutheran Home and there was an older gentleman who was scooping ice cream next to me. As we stood there we talked and I told him that I was going to school to be a teacher and that I only had one year left. He then responded by telling me that if I want to actually get a job I should consider moving out of state. I then told him that I was planning on going to Washington. I didn't get into the details of why, I just said that I was going to look for a job out there. He responded so wonderfully and was so encouraging. Most people that I tell are very against it because they don't want me to leave or they think that it's ridiculous. Here was a man I have never met before who obviously had lived a full life of his own (He lived in Las Vegas for 17 years) approving of me moving out there. Afterwards I just thought you know, this is the right decision. Many of people are going to have to deal with it, but it isn't about making them happy it's about making me happy.