Dr. Pites decided last week that to help us get through our final exams and papers, she would ask us each to take a turn sharing a Thought of the Day. So, we've all been receiving daily e-mails with an inspirational quote from her and two quotes/messages from our classmates. There have been a lot of message saying to just keep moving, it'll be over soon, and remember to smell the roses along the way because we're still in Spain and it's awesome. Tomorrow is my turn so I just sent her mine and thought I'd share it here. It's pulled from favorite quotes on my Facebook page, so some of you might recognize parts.
Here it is:
To go along with the theme of fight the good fight, push through, I would like to share this inspirational message from a 5 year old who taught me the mysteries of life, death, and heaven.
Describing death, he said to me: "It's like when you have to poop but it's really hard and you have to squeeeze it out, but you can't because it's really hard. And then you go to Heaven!"
Breaking from that trend, however, I want to share a story from www.catholic.org about Teresa of Ávila. Malicious rumors about her spread quickly because many within her order didn't want to be reformed, and her scandalous spiritual raptures were an easy target. She complained to Jesus in prayer, and He said to her, "Teresa, that's how I treat my friends." To which she replied, "No wonder you have so few friends." but she continued working for reform because she thought if He had so few friends, they should be good ones.
Take that to inspire you as it will.
If you want to read more about St. Teresa of Ávila, I recommend her page on catholic.org. You can find her under the saints tab if you run a search or by clicking the link above.
Also, as of last night I have 2.5 pages written. Halfway there!
Haha "No wonder you have so few friends." This sounds like me praying. Except usually God's the one being snarky with me... I think I've told you the pizza/hamburger stories. If not I'll tell you sometime.
ReplyDeleteYou can do it! You guys have so much more work to do than us, but you'll probably come out knowing more Spanish, in all fairness. But I have no regrets :) Can't wait to see you :)