As the sun makes its way over the western horizon this evening, another week’s end slowly descends upon Red Deer, and I find myself in a reflective mood. After a brief reprieve of a week, I am once again in class with yet another graduate course to conquer. I have attacked this class with the aggression of an over-achiever, (who in the early days would simply be called a nerd) and hope my focus does not waiver even though all I see is a sea of typing APA style papers ahead. I must confess that I sometimes wonder if it will all pay off although every statistic that I have come across predicts that adult education is part of the preverbal wave of an already occurring future. Still, experience dictates that I never let caution fall by the wayside.
I found some old pictures from my early days at Andrews University. Wow you don’t realize how much you age till you run into these shots. Seeing them also caused me to reflect on my life decisions. I wonder how things would have turned out had my friends and I chosen different roads to travel regarding everything from work to love. Where would we all be? Who would we be with? Did we even know that we were making pivotal decisions when we were making them? It is easy to get lost in the land of what ifs.
As one who believes in a God and who has chosen this journey of reconnection, I am re-learning that every event in life has its purpose and place as does everyone. Too often we expel energy holding on to things or forcing things away when we need to learn to simply accept and learn from each moment. I speak as one who has yet to master these things. Thankfully mercy and love are always chasing me to offer me clarity on how to handle the challenges on life’s road. Maybe in all this quietness I am finally learning. At least hope, the essential, is still in me.
I found some old pictures from my early days at Andrews University. Wow you don’t realize how much you age till you run into these shots. Seeing them also caused me to reflect on my life decisions. I wonder how things would have turned out had my friends and I chosen different roads to travel regarding everything from work to love. Where would we all be? Who would we be with? Did we even know that we were making pivotal decisions when we were making them? It is easy to get lost in the land of what ifs.
As one who believes in a God and who has chosen this journey of reconnection, I am re-learning that every event in life has its purpose and place as does everyone. Too often we expel energy holding on to things or forcing things away when we need to learn to simply accept and learn from each moment. I speak as one who has yet to master these things. Thankfully mercy and love are always chasing me to offer me clarity on how to handle the challenges on life’s road. Maybe in all this quietness I am finally learning. At least hope, the essential, is still in me.
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