I think at some point we all envision

that purpose will come wrapped

in a nice box with a bow,

an overarching moment

an epiphany

that says:

“this is what I was created for”

and maybe we do experience those big moments

but I’ve found

that the journey isn’t just

one

two

or three

moments.

It is a thousand moments,

moments that exist

in the places I never knew I would call home

in the people I grew to love

in the experiences that

softened and sharpened

my edges.

Here,

I have found purpose

in a thousand big and small moments alike.

Here,

I have found a place to call home.

the sadness is in this very thing —

in leaving a place you call home.

But the joy is in knowing

there will be a thousand more moments

moments to be lived,

people to be loved,

the uncertainty and the hope

of having a new place to call home.

– J.E.H.