Unexpected blessing
September 15, 2005
My how time flies. The past two weeks here at EMU seem like forever. I've been running at full steam since the day classes started. I've learned abot myself, about my tendency to find namy other things to do in order not to do something else, and my uncommon need for sleep. I have eight o'clock classes every morning, so naturally I got to bed earlier than most of my classmates, but as I compare hours of sleep, I'm way ahead of everyone, and yet I am still tired. Allergy season is in full swing, and I have been working hard on schoolwork, but I don't know how much longer I can last. Fortuantely I see a bit of a break coming in the workload as classes transition from one unit to another.
Also in my business I have learned to love the periods of rest and renewal I can find in my day. I have truely benefitted from the worship services on campus. Celebration and 808 are vital times of recentering myself on God and finding a strength in worship with others. A very unexpected blessing has been my involvement in Chamber Singers. Almost every day of the week I can go make beautiful music. We have been learning Handel's Messiah, a piece I have always wanted to sing, but never had the opportunity. The timeless truth and dynamic beauty of a work of that magnitude has been impressive to me musically and spiritually. I also have been able to reconnect with some old friends and make new ones in the ensemble.
In my many activities I have been able to make many many fascinating aquantances, however I long for some time to really get to know the wonderful people on campus and learn from them. Above all, the people have impressed me the most about EMU. There are all kinds, but I have found people who can support me and still challenge me. I greatly await weekends, breaks and unexpected evenings when I can really connect with these new friends.
In all of my writing I have been able to find some humor from a bookmark I received, "Outside of a dog a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read." ~Groucho Marx.
