The poem from which my blog takes its name has been all too true this summer. The past few months have been all about "joining larger ways where many paths and errands meet". Since coming back from Ecuador in late January, I feel like I have been a flurry of activity applying to over 30 jobs, finishing my thesis, completing grad school, hosting a conference, getting married, interviewing for jobs, and moving when I finally landed one.
It's been only three months since I was a single man living in a house in Upland, IN with five other guys. Now I am a married man overseeing a multiple building residence hall in West Palm Beach, FL. And as the helter skelter of training, move-in, and welcome weekend are dying down I am having one of the first chances in a long time to take a deep breath and look back at the paths that my eager feet have tread. Only a few nights ago I realized that I had still hardly debriefed from my January experience leading a missions trip in Ecuador. It is indeed a blessing to have a wife (for many reasons) because she can help me slow down and reflect on the things that have whizzed by in my life.
We all have those things that make us think, "Oh if only I can get to this point... then I will settle down and stop pursuing the distant future. When I get there, I'll concentrate on the here and now a little more." Well, this was that point and now that I am here, I intend to chill out on the forecasting for a little bit. Don't ask me when kids are on the way. Right now, my major plans are to meet with my Assistant Resident Directors for an hour, then go to a friend's house for a Labor Day cookout.
Additionally, I intend to blog about some major things in the past. Maybe Ecuador. Thesis/grad school/friends. Job search. Marriage. Moving.
Reflection is good for the soul.
It's been only three months since I was a single man living in a house in Upland, IN with five other guys. Now I am a married man overseeing a multiple building residence hall in West Palm Beach, FL. And as the helter skelter of training, move-in, and welcome weekend are dying down I am having one of the first chances in a long time to take a deep breath and look back at the paths that my eager feet have tread. Only a few nights ago I realized that I had still hardly debriefed from my January experience leading a missions trip in Ecuador. It is indeed a blessing to have a wife (for many reasons) because she can help me slow down and reflect on the things that have whizzed by in my life.
We all have those things that make us think, "Oh if only I can get to this point... then I will settle down and stop pursuing the distant future. When I get there, I'll concentrate on the here and now a little more." Well, this was that point and now that I am here, I intend to chill out on the forecasting for a little bit. Don't ask me when kids are on the way. Right now, my major plans are to meet with my Assistant Resident Directors for an hour, then go to a friend's house for a Labor Day cookout.
Additionally, I intend to blog about some major things in the past. Maybe Ecuador. Thesis/grad school/friends. Job search. Marriage. Moving.
Reflection is good for the soul.
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