Today was one of those days, kinda down. And, I love the Men's retreat... but being one of the only single Adults there, and not being in my early 20's anymore, kind of a reminder of this last years disappointments/failures, call it what you will. Sometimes, it is easy for me to get wrapped around the axle about what is going on in my life, and I get this oober-self-centered mopey demeanor about me. Which I admit is lame and boring. BUT....
Went to the Evergreen Court and met the nicest ladies. We played games, laughed, and competed in one of the most intense games of Rummikub ever documented (this being the document)! I got the chance to listen to some of their stories, (some of them several times, I think she thought I wasn't getting it)... It was a blessing for me to get out of my own mind and share time with kind and bright people like these. I even got to meet Alice Shultz's mother "Rosa"! The stories I did hear from some of these ladies were remarkable, though I only have a key-hole perspective into their lives, they were all wrought with some kind of difficult times, some joyful times, some boring times, and on and on. It's a part of life! I think where I go wrong is forgetting I am not alone in the human experience. When we dwell on our own issues too much, I think we get self-focused... then we lose perspective on others and start living out of an unhealthy place; a selfish place. This is contrary to Kingdom living.
Matthew 16:24-25 "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will find it."
ps. I've been working on getting a seized piston free all night. It is hard.
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