Personal note(s):

I've now been here just 6-1/2 weeks but it suddenly feels much longer, with 5 months yet to go. I sometimes feel I’ve inadvertently enrolled in a doctorate course in relationship as it relates to God, self, and those around me....a concept hard to elucidate. Even with close friends and family, I sometimes feel and grieve the gaps/breaks in understanding, communication and support relative to this amazing life and "school of learning" I have embarked on for the last 3 years... I often wonder where it will lead, and what the larger plan is... many of the devotions and related scriptures of late in “My Utmost for His Highest” speak to this area (God's timing never ceases to amaze me), and lots of praying going on re relying on spirit versus self!

With all that in mind, off to see what "school" has for me this week, remembering that stepping back is not necessarily the best move, any more so than is taking “center stage” (not to be confused with “all life is a stage”!)