TheresaThoma Posted January 6, 2014 Author Share Posted January 6, 2014 LOOOONG day of traveling. 8 hours in the car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheresaThoma Posted January 7, 2014 Author Share Posted January 7, 2014 Ok packing has really started. And blatanly honest time. I'm excited about this move but REALLY scared at the same time. And I hate having to pretend that I am completely happy with this move, people keep on asking "are you excited?" and I have to smile and say yes. I'm human, I'm scared ok? Excited yes but this is way out of my comfort zone. /end rant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneLine Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 (edited) I think I have just what you need.... [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSDOrdRQNf0[/media] What will this day be like? I wonder. What will my future be? I wonder. It could be so exciting to be out in the world, to be free My heart should be wildly rejoicing Oh, what's the matter with me? I've always longed for adventure To do the things I've never dared And here I'm facing adventure Then why am I so scared A captain with seven children What's so fearsome about that? Oh, I must stop these doubts, all these worries If I don't I just know I'll turn back I must dream of the things I am seeking I am seeking the courage I lack The courage to serve them with reliance Face my mistakes without defiance Show them I'm worthy And while I show them I'll show me So, let them bring on all their problems I'll do better than my best I have confidence they'll put me to the test But I'll make them see I have confidence in me Somehow I will impress them I will be firm but kind And all those children (Heaven bless them!) They will look up to me And mind me ... with each step I am more certain Everything will turn out fine I have confidence the world can all be mine They'll have to agree I have confidence in me I have confidence in sunshine I have confidence in rain I have confidence that spring will come again Besides which you see I have confidence in me Strength doesn't lie in numbers Strength doesn't lie in wealth Strength lies in nights of peaceful slumbers When you wake up — Wake Up! It tells me all I trust I lead my heart to All I trust becomes my own I have confidence in confidence alone (Oh help!) I have confidence in confidence alone Besides which you see I have confidence in me! Edited January 8, 2014 by AnneLine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheresaThoma Posted January 8, 2014 Author Share Posted January 8, 2014 Thanks AL! That made me giggle, and I do have to admit I am a bit like Maria from the Sound of Music at times (especially that awkward getting off the bus scene) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheresaThoma Posted January 8, 2014 Author Share Posted January 8, 2014 Reflection time: The community I am discerning with has St John as their spiritual father and so I decided it was time that I got to know St John better. One thing that had always bothered me was the apparent diconnect between the other Gospels and the Gospel of St John. After doing some reading and prayer about it I realized that St John was writing his Gospel with a different purpose and in a different situation. Many (or most) of the apostles, his friends, had already been killed and heresies were starting to spring up in the Church. In this light the Gospel of John makes more sense, at least to me. The other thing I realized was that St John was asked to give the greater sacrifice, that is to live. He wasn't asked to give up his life, rather his witness was to live. That had to be so hard as he learned of the other apostles' deaths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneLine Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 That's an interesting reflection, TT. I actually prefer John's gospel. It is much more mystical, much more thoughtful. It has always seemed like a cry fro the heart, and the entire Priestly Prayer after the washing of the feet has always seemed to me to just beat with the love of Christ. Can't do it right now, but learned an interesting fact about that Priestly Prayer - that it is actually an 'ethical will' - if oyu want more I can share more on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheresaThoma Posted January 13, 2014 Author Share Posted January 13, 2014 Needing some prayer right now. Its been a stressful week or so and I know it is just going to be more so. I keep having dreams about my cat which I put down in June due to Pancreatic cancer, almost nightmares because they involve me having to make the decision to put her down again for various other reasons. And now I just received notice from my college that I may not be able to graduate after all because I got a D in a class that I thought I was going to get a C in. This is really stressing me out, I'm hoping to either get the grade changed or have the requirement waived somehow. I have way more credits than I need and a 3.32 GPA its just this one 4 credit hour class in my major. And now I have only a few more days to deal with that before I leave for my volunteer position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancilla Domini Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 (edited) How many posts do you need to change your own title? Edited January 13, 2014 by Ancilla Domini Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristinaTherese Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Yeouch! I'll definitely pray for you. Nobody wants to have something like that come up at the end of senior year.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristinaTherese Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Could you pray for me too? My roommate hates me/talking to me irritates her and so does being in the same room as me, so I'm in a bit of a nasty spot right now too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheresaThoma Posted January 13, 2014 Author Share Posted January 13, 2014 Ancillia you need 3210. CT I'll pray for you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancilla Domini Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Ancillia you need 3210. Wow...where do you get these statistics? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheresaThoma Posted January 13, 2014 Author Share Posted January 13, 2014 I think there was a thread a while back about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristinaTherese Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 I was just talking to a friend, and it turns out that she has a spare bed. So I might move in with her.... I think it would be good to meet her roommates too (it's a four-person, two-bedroom apartment), but since they're likely to have a roommate assigned if they don't choose one.... That would be so nice. My biggest fear was that it might or might not work out to just move into an apartment that the school assigned me to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheresaThoma Posted January 13, 2014 Author Share Posted January 13, 2014 Sounds like a good solution all around. Moving in with people you already kind of know is nice. I did that my sophmore year and it worked out nicely. There were a few bumps along the way (she didn't like the way I did dishes or cleaned the bathroom) but we worked it out (I cooked the meals, swept and dusted while she did the dishes and cleaned the bathroom). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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