I am really excited to study abroad in the fall.
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Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Volcanoes and Diamonds
Yesterday I heard a speaker who said, "Pressure makes volcanoes, but it also makes diamonds."
Yeah, I'm pretty sure I fit in the volcano category a lot.
But she also made the point that without the challenges and trials we go through, come so many blessings of becoming.
Meaning--the hard things in life often shape our greatest qualities.
We are who we are because of what we face.
People who never face the hard things you face will never have the wisdom and the blessings of experience that you have.
Which doesn't often help much when all you can feel is the pain of now.
It's hard and it hurts.
But maybe, just maybe...
Yeah, I'm pretty sure I fit in the volcano category a lot.
But she also made the point that without the challenges and trials we go through, come so many blessings of becoming.
Meaning--the hard things in life often shape our greatest qualities.
We are who we are because of what we face.
People who never face the hard things you face will never have the wisdom and the blessings of experience that you have.
Which doesn't often help much when all you can feel is the pain of now.
It's hard and it hurts.
But maybe, just maybe...
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Serendipity
The Oxford English dictionary describes serendipity as "the faculty of making happy and unexpected discoveries by accident. Also, the fact or an instance of such a discovery."