Thoughts

Here's a quote I found on the Thomas Merton website. It seems pretty interesting:

"What am I? I am myself a word spoken by God. Can God speak a word that does not have any meaning?"
Thomas Merton, Contemplative Prayer. (New York: Image Books, 1996), p. 68.

What is God speaking in me and through me? Sometimes I feel like I can really hear and other times I wonder why I am not hearing a thing.

Last Day of 33

The last day of being 33. Where has the time gone?! It has been quite a year. I took a look at the goals for the year and am amazed that some were accomplished. For example, I took the GRE. I don’t know about graduate school yet but at least I have a step in that direction if that happens down the road.

I have been published in major publications including America Magazine.
Working on making peace with people and things that still haven’t been made peaceful in my mind. I have also spent more time with my family this year.

For my next year I want to try to get healthier for sure…gonna need help on that one, but if I met goals so far, maybe I can reach that one…

I’ve realized that life is fragile and that prayer is great and that I am grateful for friends.

Almost 34

Well, I've recently realized that it is nearing the end of my 33rd year. Wow. It's been quite a year--one with things I'd like to forget and also one that I actually met some of the goals I set at the beginning of year 33. One thing I did accomplish was getting published nationally. That was awesome. I took the GRE...I will never be an engineer or mathemetician that's for sure. So at least I can count out a few grad degrees not to look into, but I will see what happens with the next round of things down the road. Writing still seems it's where it's at for me. We'll see.

I'll be thinking of the next round of goals for year 34. I don't know if I will create new blog space for that or just update this one again. We'll see but I will keep you posted!