feeling whole
The day before yesterday I got on my bike for the first time in an excessively long time. I was stunned to be overwhelmed by a feeling of wholeness. I don't know what it is, some magic combination of physical exertion and independent transportation gives me a thrill like no other. In any case, today I muddled my way across town again (I won't tell you how many times I had to pull my map out), and it's still feeling mighty fine.
This afternoon I'm at a youth centre where I'm gradually starting to volunteer more regularly. It reminds me so much of the MA, in appearance, and process, and in general warm heart and chaos. The bonus for me being that I didn't have to worry about speaking French when I did the call rounds about the English classes starting on Monday. In any case, I did 15 minutes of work, and now I'm taking an undeserved "break," while I wait for my supervisor to finish another meeting and tell me what to do next. Classic volunteering, I tell you, classic!
The other night we had our bi-monthly Jewish/Christian/Quaker dialogue group (and no, Quakers aren't Christian, according to them). The discussion started off about Kosher, and evolved into discussing laws that separate, and the value and detriments of boundaries. I really appreciated the one other Mennonite's contribution, that historically Mennos have also sought to be "a separate people." Anyway, it all made me think a little, and challenged me not to be so judgemental of groups that want to self-segragate. As in all things, maybe I need to think about it a bit more before assuming it's necessarily bad.
In other exciting news, I have my ticket home for Christmas! I hope to see you all then.
cheers,
This afternoon I'm at a youth centre where I'm gradually starting to volunteer more regularly. It reminds me so much of the MA, in appearance, and process, and in general warm heart and chaos. The bonus for me being that I didn't have to worry about speaking French when I did the call rounds about the English classes starting on Monday. In any case, I did 15 minutes of work, and now I'm taking an undeserved "break," while I wait for my supervisor to finish another meeting and tell me what to do next. Classic volunteering, I tell you, classic!
The other night we had our bi-monthly Jewish/Christian/Quaker dialogue group (and no, Quakers aren't Christian, according to them). The discussion started off about Kosher, and evolved into discussing laws that separate, and the value and detriments of boundaries. I really appreciated the one other Mennonite's contribution, that historically Mennos have also sought to be "a separate people." Anyway, it all made me think a little, and challenged me not to be so judgemental of groups that want to self-segragate. As in all things, maybe I need to think about it a bit more before assuming it's necessarily bad.
In other exciting news, I have my ticket home for Christmas! I hope to see you all then.
cheers,
posted by dm at 2:48 PM
1 Comments:
I didn't know that Quaker's aren't Christian. Perhaps you don't feel qualified or it might not fit into the mandate of your blog, but I wouldn't mind hearing an expose on the subtleties of Quaker identity.
Looking forward to seeing you :)
-A
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