Yesterday I got an email from my dear friend, Teylar, who was my PA freshman year. She wanted to send me a quote that she had read that reminded her of me. And here it is:
"Out of the welter of life, a few people are selected for us by the accident of temporary confinement in the same circle...We never would have chosen these neighbors; life chose them for us. But thrown together on this island of living, we stretch to understand each other and are invigorated by the stretching." - Gift From the Sea, by Anne Morrow Lindbergh
This really speaks to me with where I'm at in my life. I lead a floor of 31 amazing girls, but we are very different from one another. There is great diversity here, with girls of different backgrounds, places, ethnicities, interests, talents, majors. They are all fantastic girls, but if it were up to me at the very beginning of the year, I doubt I would have put us altogether. But I would not change things. God knows what He's doing, and I'm learning so much from the girls around me. As Anne Lindbergh says, we have to stretch to understand each other. It's tough. But it's rewarding, and we are "invigorated by the stretching."
Let yourself be stretched.
There is real value in diversity. In our preferred circle (or clique) we can become insular and insulated. God does indeed put us where we need to be, with people we need to be with, to facilitate our growth as well as ministry to others.
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Mmm this is a good one. I've been checking for a Thanksgiving post though! :)
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