Once a week at school the kids gather for Assembly. At todays Assembly, Mr. Edwards (the headmaster) read a story called, Jeremiah the Jellyfish. This story was about a jellyfish who didn't want to just float around drifting, but he wanted to swim and explore. As I was sitting listening to the story, it suddenly hit me in a surge of wisdom, I'm like Jeremiah! I don't just drift, I SWIM!
Okay well I'm not that rebellious, or outlandish, but it did remind me of when I was deciding on what to do this year. I remember it being quite overwhelming, and quite a bit sad, when thinking how most of my class was going to college, and I had the audacity to NOT go to school and go to England! But it was also very thrilling looking towards the adventure of it, as well as the growth I was sure to find while here. I think I like 'swimming.' It makes me look at things from a different perspective. I'm taking a different road >> as Robert Frost would say 'and I took the road less travelled.' And I honestly think that in the 2 insanely short months I've been here, I have already begun to notice changes in myself, which I think is pretty cool!
Well....just some random ponderings while sitting among the 7 year olds(:
I am excited to hear that your 'random' ponderings have brought you to this! You are definitely Swimming! and God is using this time to bring you to a new place! You are doing difficult work... growing! You will come back in July a different person, with new and adventurous experiences, from which you will continue to grow from and to build your future on! How exciting is that?! But... if you do get tired of Swimming... it is okay to Drift for a little... Just pray, call home, rest, call home, rest, and pray some more... and you will be soon re-energized to get out there and make some more waves!! (Notice all of the 'call homes!')
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