and the journey continues...it was only yesterday our minister stepped in our church and began to guide us into healing, healing our community, ourselves and move forward from much turmoil and pain. although it wasn't actually yesterday, it feels like it. on Sunday she announced her resignation after discovering pulpit ministry was not her true calling. she has done so much for us, for me in the year and a half she has been here. I am deeply saddened by her departure although we have about a month's time left with her. I have grown much not only by her Sunday talks but the one on one work she has done with me. I feel so connected to her. she has been a light for all of us in so many different ways. so many people feel deeply connected to her. we put in place a group session to come talk of our pain and sorrows and maybe anger because of this news. I have been to 2 of them and it has helped me greatly. one thing I've realized recently is that we all want connection, to feel connected to someone or many people, to life itself on this grand adventure. when our minister first arrived I didn't understand it. so many people starved for her attention. so many needing direction. but I didn't interpret it that way. I didn't know what to think really. I've been places that we had a common bond, a connection already in place. being at my church I'm learning different things. I too have been lost since retiring from the p.o. seeking my own connection somewhere, some place, unknowingly blindly leading my way. this is a great eye opener. we are all connected but yet some have yet to realize this because we are divided by so many things sometimes. I will reflect awhile on this and rethink how I look at life. this may be a painful time, but usually much growth comes from it. this is a beginning of new growth for me....Life is Good....
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
free spirit....
and the journey continues...it was only yesterday our minister stepped in our church and began to guide us into healing, healing our community, ourselves and move forward from much turmoil and pain. although it wasn't actually yesterday, it feels like it. on Sunday she announced her resignation after discovering pulpit ministry was not her true calling. she has done so much for us, for me in the year and a half she has been here. I am deeply saddened by her departure although we have about a month's time left with her. I have grown much not only by her Sunday talks but the one on one work she has done with me. I feel so connected to her. she has been a light for all of us in so many different ways. so many people feel deeply connected to her. we put in place a group session to come talk of our pain and sorrows and maybe anger because of this news. I have been to 2 of them and it has helped me greatly. one thing I've realized recently is that we all want connection, to feel connected to someone or many people, to life itself on this grand adventure. when our minister first arrived I didn't understand it. so many people starved for her attention. so many needing direction. but I didn't interpret it that way. I didn't know what to think really. I've been places that we had a common bond, a connection already in place. being at my church I'm learning different things. I too have been lost since retiring from the p.o. seeking my own connection somewhere, some place, unknowingly blindly leading my way. this is a great eye opener. we are all connected but yet some have yet to realize this because we are divided by so many things sometimes. I will reflect awhile on this and rethink how I look at life. this may be a painful time, but usually much growth comes from it. this is a beginning of new growth for me....Life is Good....
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I wonder why she decided, after she helped so many people,why it was not for her, she sounds ideal for the job. It is sad when you get to know and like somebody and they move on but as they say, when one door closes........
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