Dear Danielle:

Your current principal and superiors have a vested interest in trying to persuade you to remain in your current position. They want to confuse you because they want you to change your mind. What they think and what they want is superfluous. It is none of their business. You do what in your heart and in your prayers leads you to do.

I had a similar experience when I was in school for a programming. I was in the Dean's office talking with the Dean and one of the teachers about where I wanted to go with my programming degree. The school was basically a boot camp for one of the top insurance companies in the country, but I had no desire to work for this insurance company.

I told the teacher and the Dean that I would prefer to work in a small cubicle in the basement of some university working on programming software to aid the handicapped. The ditsy blonde teacher said to me, "You shouldn't put yourself down like that." I laughed out loud and said, "How am I putting myself down because I want to use my programming skills to aid humanity instead of work for an insurance company that screws humanity."

Neither the Dean nor this teacher could understand my choice. To them the high salary and prestigious career that could be by working for this major insurance company was what mattered to them. They could not understand that such a position did not matter to me. They had no understanding that my desire was to put whatever skills I had to the benefit of others.

I, frankly, was not liked much after this, but what do I care? It's my life and my choice. And I think my choice was the better choice to work for the betterment of humanity rather than work for a scummy insurance company.

You need to make your choice and should not be based upon what your current superiors want you to do. Look into your heart, pray for guidance, and follow your calling.

God Bless,
Bro. Ignatius Mary