This weekend has been one of a lot, and A LOT, if introspection. I went on a ‘wilderness retreat’ (complete with wi-fi) this weekend with some girls. It was a good time, but stretching for my soul.
Normally when I go on these brief soul searching missions I find out things about myself that I knew all along but I still find myself helpless to do anything about. This time someone confronted me with something that I hadn’t really thought about before. My life, in the significant parts, has been a history of intense emotional/spiritual experiences. These experiences really happened and are true/relevant/valid. However much of what I am and what I find important is emotionally based.
No reason to swing the other way and assume that my emotions/emotional experiences are suddenly invalid, nor to assume that I never exercise my mind (duh, can we say graduate school?!). However I would like to allow myself some time and space to consider giving more of my time to investing in roots: faith, habits, the present, reality.
That area of my brain is at best extremely dusty and at worst totally atrophied. It could get interesting.
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