Hello there....thought I would do a brief update of where I am at.I don't get to talk so often and my blogging generally consists of very random pics that don't really tell you much. Then again I'm not too sure that too many people read this, so for all I know I may just be talking to myself. If that be therapeutic, then so be it. The warblings of my protegy and my sister seem interesting enough when I read their blogs, and deeper insights are gleaned that may not have otherwise been, so that leaves me where?
Life is interesting. We are pruned by God so that fresh shoots may spring forth and bear fruit........my pruning has typically occurred in the wintertime when the leaves and branches have browned off & are unattractive. My winter time has been a darkened one, a time of hibernation and introspection and I am hoping that the spring and the sunshine will bring some fresh new growth. I have previously mused upon the idea that sometimes we are too attached to some things and need to let go, and I am albeit slowly succumbing....whether this alludes to one thing or many I am not sure. I think it is many.....
My life is currently consumed by my conscious immersion in my work, taking upon myself the woes of many and learning lessons in submission and humility. A new environment creates a steep learning curve upon which to test newly acquired skills and hypotheses, and to apply some old knowledge and wisdom taken from the old teacher in experience. I constantly see God's hand at work in the many interactions with new found friends, colleagues and even students. We sometimes learn from those we least expect. I learned today about the Feast of the Assumption of Mary, and that to assume something also means to "lift up" (so Sister Francine told me), as Mary, the mother of God as the Catholics profess, was assumed to God when her empty tomb was found.Every day brings a new lesson to my door, be it from an underweight adolescent who wants to lose 6kg in a week on a crash diet of fruit and soup, and who already has an eating disorder BMI; or from a delightful young girl who has overcome chronic enuresis through connecting with someone who cares; or another small child who is so overindulged by wealth and materialism that she brings along her excesses to share with her friends; or 2 adolescents who firstly engage in some impromptu passion and then decide to bare buttocks to an entourage of visiting Japanese; and a young boy who is overcoming incredible odds with a dual diagnosis, and who brings me his little disk each day because he has made the required ticks on his chart to get his reward, followed by a barrage of hugs as he makes his early exit for the day....and this was just a few of today's lessons........I am here where I am meant to be. I am asked why not move to where your children are? Why are we somewhere where we only have one living relative within 1000kms? God closes doors and opens windows....my window is where I am right now, and it is through this window that the sun will shine in and the new growth will spring forth, leaving the fertiliser behind to nourish the roots. One cannot remain dormant for too long.