It’s amazing how the time goes by. I’ve now been here over a year, and what a year it’s been – for me, for us as a parish staff, and as a parish community. This month, I’d just like to share some of the reflections I’ve gleaned from working here at Good Shepherd. Many of these are from personal experience, while others are from those I’ve seen around me.
- When you’re used to doing something with a friend, child, parent or family, it takes a lot of courage and faith to do it alone.
- It’s very important to feel like you belong to something or someone.
- Change is difficult. Unwanted and/or necessary change is almost too much to bear.
- When you’re faced with a choice between “what’s always been done” and “the best thing to do,” you both win and lose either way.
- Sometimes people step out of their comfort zone on their own. Sometimes, they need an invitation, or a nudge, or a kick in the rear.
- It’s easier to do something on your own, but it’s so much more rich and fulfilling to work with other people.
- When you feel like you’re at a very low point, the most amazing and unexpected things can happen to lift you out of the muck.
- Christ invites us to have the faith of a child, but what about their imagination, courage, spirit and compassion as well?
- When someone makes a choice for you, you have three choices: a) run away, b) get angry at the person who did this to you and live with frustration and resentment, or c) change what you can, accept what you can’t, talk it out with friends, and find comfort in the fact that everything will be alright.
- There is nothing better than a good meal, a good book, good conversation, a good song, good friends and family, and knowing there is a loving and faithful God always by your side.
May the Lord be with us as we continue to strive toward wholeness and holiness in the future. I’m thankful for my experiences, opportunities and friendships I’ve been blessed with this year, and look forward to many more to come.
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