Since my schedule has become significantly busier with the beginning of my classes, I've decided to introduce a new Friday feature. For a while on Friday's, we're going to have "Friday Reflections". For ages I've been collecting quotes and reflections that come to me from different sources, and now I want to share some of those here. Friday's, heading into the weekend seem like a good time for that.
So, to kick things off, I have a meditation written by Henri Nouwen:
The Still, Small Voice of Love
Many voices ask for our attention. There is a voice that says, "Prove that you are a good person." Another voice says, "You'd better be ashamed of yourself." There also is a voice that says, "Nobody really cares about you," and one that says, "Be sure to become successful, popular, and powerful." But underneath all these often very noisy voices is a still, small voice that says, "You are my Beloved, my favor rests on you." That's the voice we need most of all to hear. To hear that voice, however, requires special effort; it requires solitude, silence, and a strong determination to listen.
That's what prayer is. It is listening to the voice that calls us "my Beloved."
Friday, January 13, 2012
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Daily 5 - Year 3, Day 145
Today's Daily 5:
- finishing up the last immunization and identification requirements for nursing for this year
- connecting with a friend who is the chaplain on campus
- getting a needed errand accomplished
- hanging out with friends from house church
- eating dinner and laughing at a whole entire range of crazy stories. I haven't laughed that hard in a very long time.
Happening to Me
Y'all, this first week of school has been quite a bit busier than I thought it would. The program that I'm part of (or the way they're offering my program) is new to the school, and it has been a bit of a gong show week, with dozens of room changes, technical difficulties, lapses in communication, announcements to read on the electronic blackboard, textbooks to buy, or exchange, or return, and so on.
I kind of feel like life is happening TO me, and just sort of sweeping me along.
So, I want to tell you things about the first week, but it needs to wait.
I probably won't post at all tomorrow.
My goal for this three day weekend is to get myself organized - to enter all the required readings into the app I use to track things like that; to tackle the remainder of the first week readings, and the second week ones as well. To take care of a few things like laundry and errands that have fallen by the wayside as I've been swept along this week. It's a very doable thing to get myself organized this weekend, and into a space of having more room within me for quiet and reflection. I can, and need to get to that place of having space again, and not feeling swept along out of control.
So, if it's quiet here for a few days, that's why! I'm digging out from under the sweeping pile. I'm pretty sure I'm going to emerge with stories to tell, reasons to smile, and even more excitement for this new journey. And all of those things are ones that I'm excited to share in this space. See you then!
I kind of feel like life is happening TO me, and just sort of sweeping me along.
So, I want to tell you things about the first week, but it needs to wait.
I probably won't post at all tomorrow.
My goal for this three day weekend is to get myself organized - to enter all the required readings into the app I use to track things like that; to tackle the remainder of the first week readings, and the second week ones as well. To take care of a few things like laundry and errands that have fallen by the wayside as I've been swept along this week. It's a very doable thing to get myself organized this weekend, and into a space of having more room within me for quiet and reflection. I can, and need to get to that place of having space again, and not feeling swept along out of control.
So, if it's quiet here for a few days, that's why! I'm digging out from under the sweeping pile. I'm pretty sure I'm going to emerge with stories to tell, reasons to smile, and even more excitement for this new journey. And all of those things are ones that I'm excited to share in this space. See you then!
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Daily 5 - Year 3, Day 144
Today's Daily 5:
- not having to wait outside for a bus on a cold morning
- the chance to share a bit of an evening with a friend and my brother
- getting to know a few people in my classes just a bit better
- the fun of hiking across campus and then sharing lunch with one new friend
- finishing early for the day
Whimsical Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Today's Whimsical Wednesday collection can be categorized as all falling into the "I want..." set of thoughts that float through my brain as I'm browsing pinterest. As in, "I want to be there," "I want to make those" and "I want to wear that." There's only one image that can't quite be fit into the "I want..." category, and I'd love to hear your guesses which one it is!
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