In 20 minutes I'm chatting with a friend, and I thought about starting homework, but it takes like ten minutes to set everything up and get mentally prepared....big waste of time. So I'm going to update. Since today was unusual to say the least.
This morning I woke up at the crack of dawn for Silent Retreat. A group of Cornerstone students went to a hermitage in Three Rivers. We spent about 7 hours in complete silence. Now, I am so not one for silence. I can't go five minutes without music, my phone, or some kind of back ground noise, but after weeks of being crazy busy I was looking forward to this immensely.
The first hour I slept. I was exhausted and needed to give my body some kind of rest. I think my body appreciated it a lot! Then I journaled. I haven't journaled journaled in weeks! I wrote out everything on my heart! So refreshing. Then I tried to read a book, and fell asleep. Yet the quiet presence of God was there. By some gracious miracle of God I didn't even think about school or the busyness. I never made a "to-do" list...gasp! Just me and God. No technology no music. Just me. And God. My oh my was it refreshing and good. We also worshiped and read liturgy together. We also partook in the sacraments. So beautiful and holy. It was sort of like a whole different world. It was like the twilight zone. I mean come on. Who has ever heard of Americans taking like 8 hours to do nothing and not talk or check e-mail?!? Well, not me until this retreat! I'm going to make this a daily occurrence. of course, not for 8 hours at a time, but for at least an hour. I spend that long playing bubble shooter and on facebook and where will that ever get me?
I was kind of sad to get back to school. Back to reality. Back to the pressures of life. One thing (of many) that I took away is that if I don't start positive habits now, when will I ever? I just have to be done saying I'll change tomorrow, ya know? I'm changing today!
A couple weeks ago a very good friend built me a wooden cross. So, even if I spend 10 minutes a day just pausing and sitting by it, that would do me a whole lot of good.
Terra Firma party.
Then I decided to have some relaxful fun tonight and my oh my it was great loads of fun! My very best friend Chelsie invited me over and so I trekked to her house in the snowglobe of weather! magical might I add and we sat on the floor and drank tea and ate junkfood and chocolate galore! Friends, she has quite the gift of hospitality! I love her! AHH! And we watched a cheese of a film. It was terrible. Terrible everything! It had Mary-Kate and Ashely Olsen in it, so that should tell you something! :) never again. What did I see in those movies anyways?
Anyways...after we looked at pretty vintagy things online and had the most refreshing conversation. So, this might have to be a two part post. This was longer than I expected! So, stay tuned!
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