One year ago, on just such a misty day as this, I stepped off the plane onto Irish soil for the first time and my eyes first encountered the elegant Scots pine, the graceful snowdrop, the fierce gorse bush.
I was filled with such ambition, adventure, expectation...I was approaching my upcoming experiences almost like a research project - I was going to learn darn-dungit! Learn communication and conflict resolution skills, learn more about my own gifts, interests, spirituality, gathering information to help me with my vocational discernment.
Never would I have imagined that I would still be here a year later - and at a monastery no less! I did not expect to end up living at Holy Hill for 3 months (much less 7!). I did not expect to end up doing such huge spiritual discernment. I was interested in practical discernment!
And yet, here I am. Still not knowing where life will take me next, but so much more sure of who I want to be, both apprehensive and excited to see how this journey will unfold...
God is impossible to predict.
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