Monday, May 18, 2015

A wrinkle in time

And I am not referring to the book by the same title!

A day or two ago one of our learning partners (LP) stopped by my classroom to get some assistance on grammar.  Not sure what she was working on but the two sentences/questions were...

Are you Swedish? Or Are you a Swedish?

After having a two minute grammar lesson and correcting the second sentence to Are you a Swede?... the LP walked out and left me with the realization that a year ago... almost to the day... I was in Sweden visiting some pretty awesome Swedes!

This realization snowballed with the fact that ... that was ONLY a year ago!  So much has happened in my life in the past year that it boggles my mind.  Then when I take a step back and think that this year is only a mere wrinkle in my life already spent on this earth ... I am blown away at how much I have been allowed to experience in my time thus far on this planet called earth.

In the past year I have lived on three different continents in 3 different countries.... I have been to numerous other countries... states... cities... and provinces.  I have picked up bits and bobs of more languages that I never really know what is going to come out of my mouth when I speak. I have shared my story and built relationships with many ethnic and people groups in the midst of my journey.  I have been blessed by friends and family that have stayed by my side and supported my decisions and endeavors even when there were a lot of unknowns... they have been there to rejoice when I completed my master's... they have been there to comfort when I spent another Christmas by myself... they have been there to call me out when I needed to be put back in line.  

Friends are what makes this journey through life enjoyable.  People are the only things that have eternal value.  How are you investing your time, talent, and treasure in those around you today? Relationships matter and even though sometimes they are painful ... people are worth your investment!

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