People say that my family and I went away at a very good time. The month of March in BC was rainy and cold with little signs of Spring. Well... I'm wondering if I should feel guilty or not. Apparently we took the sun with us. We arrived in Poland, where it was supposed to be snowing. It was definitely colder than here, but a drier, more enjoyable sort of cold.. and to top it off it was sunny for us during our stay. We had about 2 days total of light rain during the entire month. The rest? SUN. And no, I did not tan. Of course not. I did manage to get a couple more freckles though.
I am not even going to try and explain our trip on here. If you know me well you will ask me yourself, anyway.
Sometimes, in order to look at things in your life from a different view, you literally have to pick yourself up and move elsewhere for a bit, and then come back. After seeing so much beauty on our pilgrimage... and also after seeing things that broke my heart... I feel as though I have come back to my little life with a slightly different perspective. Some things were starting to get foggy in my brain. Perhaps because of too much school, or too much worrying, or too much mindless thoughts weaving in and out of my head... on our trip I had more time to read...to think... I know you can do those things at home, but it's different when you are out of your daily routine. By the way, I read The Pearl by John Steinbeck, Blooming Rose by Louisa May Alcott, and Anne of Ingleside by L.M. Montgomery. All very different and all very thought-provoking and wonderful.
These simple words of Padre Pio (we went to his shrine, by the way) are a very good reminder for me during this season of Lent:
This heart of mine is Yours... my Jesus, so take this heart of mine, fill it with Your love and then order me to do whatever you wish.
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