Not quite what I expected :)

I asked five people, via facebook chat (the answers were surprisingly slim) and telephone conversations (which lasted much longer than my lack of sleep tells me it can tolerate) these questions for this blog post:
1) what do you think i am most passionate about?
2) what do you think i'm good at?
3) what do you see me doing or being in ten years?

Two of my best friends, Brian and Anna, were the first to whom i posed these questions; I asked Brian and another friend, Darius, via facebook, and Anna via telephone, but they all said Art, Art, and Art for all three questions, and would not/could not elaborate further.

My brother gave me the first detailed response: he said I am passionate about worship; about serving God; and being led by the Spirit to lead people in worship, especially through art. He said i'm good at expressing myself in fun ways, and that he could see me, in 10 years, serving a group of believers (through small groups and with my art) who were relationally restoring an area.... The explanation of this was a bit fuzzy, but I think it will make more sense in time.

I then called my dad, and he talked for a long time (that's probably an exaggeration) about how he saw me being a wonderful, supportive wife for an incredible husband, with 2-4 amazing kids. I like the way he described being a homemaker: like an Air Force base, from which planes launch on missions and to which they return to be refueled, repaired, restored, etc. (He was in the Air Force himself.) He said that I am good at music, relating to people, and capturing emotion-- all of which coincide perfectly with the previous posts on strengths and gifts. And he said I'm passionate about God. Saved the shortest answer for last. :]

I was surprised by the answers of my three friends: I thought they would say something about relating to people in at least one of the answers, but even though Brian and Anna are pretty close to me-- especially Anna-- all they said was Art. which is fine, i guess, i just feel like there's more to me (enter the prince in Swan Princess: "what else is there??")

My dad and brother, especially my brother, were a lot closer to my views. They know me better, I suppose. They told me a little more of my heart, or what i know of it, and how i'm about serving the Lord through my art and loving people. I don't know what the implications of this are. It feels just right, if I take what everyone said and kind of shake it together, and I feel like that's the direction my life is going right now.
So.
Yes.

Good night, all :)