Un-learning and un-choosing can offer us the greatest education.
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Throughout my service, there have been certain meditations and mindsets that have literally carried me through the valleys of the experience. I've had these posted in view before I leave the house for more than a year. What we say to ourselves about ourselves is so important. The place from which we respond to the experience of life is also so important. I hope anyone reading this finds values in these. While I certainly haven't mastered the totality of what's written, I do since a shift in the season which will only bring about other mantras and mindsets to meditate on through my 3rd and presumably final year of service in the U.S. Peace Corps.
1. No entitlements. No distractions. 2. Love, joy, peace, forbearance, goodness, kindness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control... (from Galatians 5:22) 3. There are two seats available to choose from, the seat of opportunity & the seat of self-pity, which will you choose? #pickastruggle 4. Behold I make all things new. Write this, for these words are trustworthy and true. Revelation 21 4-5 5. I'm not assessing things on the basis of "Likes". I'm not doing something for a status update. 6. What's done today determines tomorrow success. He said "I AM" not I was or I will be. 7. Getting to the sunset of this experience w/o any regrets about missed opportunities is important to me. 8. Purposefully and intentionally help others and be a blessings to others bringing glory to God. 9. Intentions and motivations... what are they? 10. Believe. And then see. 11. God, I want to be someone who builds the arc. Thank you for this opportunity. I want to realize it for everything it can be. I need You. 12. There are no perfect realities here. 13. This is real. Do not let the devil derail us. 14. There are no accidentals. Resolve. 15. How can I use my experiences & life circumstances to help others? 16. This is supposed to fun, interesting, unique... not heavy or pressured. 17. In every department of life, disappointment or anti-climax marks the transition from dreaming aspiration to laborious doing. But once we get through the initial dryness successfully, we become much less dependent on emotion & therefore much harder to tempt. Screwtape Letters, C. S. Lewis. We can not expect to get from other people (friends, parents, workplace) that which we (under God's leadership and creatorship) can only claim for ourselves.
Sometimes I think about how much time I've wasted and the undue burden I've put on others who could not give me what either they did not have to give or what I could only claim for myself. There's freedom in knowing this now. There's a unique purpose filled journey for us all. I'm so thankful my mind has been opened to this. I look forward to the healing and rejuvenation it will bring. Onward. |
AuthorWelcome. After years as a manager in the education field, I accepted an invitation in 2014 to serve with the U.S. Peace Corps in Africa in the Youth Development sector. There have been no regrets. Disclaimer: The contents of this site and opinions expressed therein are mine personally and do not reflect any position of the Peace Corps, the US Government, or the Kingdom of Morocco.
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