grr haircuts.
(why) bother.
stress. still figuring out econs tutorials. it looks like i won't have time to do practice for all my subjects before the eve of the first. sucks? you bet.
that's that, but i'm sure He will have a way through for me.
i'm going to make a resolution to not discuss each test after i'm done with them. pretty pointless imo, and it doesn't help that you keep thinking about how you screwed up so and so question when there are more important things at hand, like the very next test on the very next day.
today, a friend smsed me that she was feeling down cause of certain things that happened. it's not everyday that something like that comes along, so you have to know that something really did happen.
besides the fact that i'm quite happy she approached me to tell me of her troubles, i feel immensely happy to just be able to offer a few words of consolation (since i can't really talk to her physically), and also to provide a word of prayer. maybe it's these incidents that gave me the idea of being a counsellor, but...it pays poorly, and my family seems to be really against low paying jobs. sheesh.
ok looks like i sidetracked. but i really appreciate the ability to do this for others. it's one of the things that somehow, make me feel just a little more human. a gift from God? yea possibly.
back to books, but to end off with a little something to share:
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Listening as Spiritual Hospitality (from Henri Nouwen Society)
To listen is very hard, because it asks of us so much interior stability that we no longer need to prove ourselves by speeches, arguments, statements, or declarations. True listeners no longer have an inner need to make their presence known. They are free to receive, to welcome, to accept.
Listening is much more than allowing another to talk while waiting for a chance to respond. Listening is paying full attention to others and welcoming them into our very beings. The beauty of listening is that, those who are listened to start feeling accepted, start taking their words more seriously and discovering their own true selves. Listening is a form of spiritual hospitality by which you invite strangers to become friends, to get to know their inner selves more fully, and even to dare to be silent with you.
(why) bother.
stress. still figuring out econs tutorials. it looks like i won't have time to do practice for all my subjects before the eve of the first. sucks? you bet.
that's that, but i'm sure He will have a way through for me.
i'm going to make a resolution to not discuss each test after i'm done with them. pretty pointless imo, and it doesn't help that you keep thinking about how you screwed up so and so question when there are more important things at hand, like the very next test on the very next day.
today, a friend smsed me that she was feeling down cause of certain things that happened. it's not everyday that something like that comes along, so you have to know that something really did happen.
besides the fact that i'm quite happy she approached me to tell me of her troubles, i feel immensely happy to just be able to offer a few words of consolation (since i can't really talk to her physically), and also to provide a word of prayer. maybe it's these incidents that gave me the idea of being a counsellor, but...it pays poorly, and my family seems to be really against low paying jobs. sheesh.
ok looks like i sidetracked. but i really appreciate the ability to do this for others. it's one of the things that somehow, make me feel just a little more human. a gift from God? yea possibly.
back to books, but to end off with a little something to share:
---
Listening as Spiritual Hospitality (from Henri Nouwen Society)
To listen is very hard, because it asks of us so much interior stability that we no longer need to prove ourselves by speeches, arguments, statements, or declarations. True listeners no longer have an inner need to make their presence known. They are free to receive, to welcome, to accept.
Listening is much more than allowing another to talk while waiting for a chance to respond. Listening is paying full attention to others and welcoming them into our very beings. The beauty of listening is that, those who are listened to start feeling accepted, start taking their words more seriously and discovering their own true selves. Listening is a form of spiritual hospitality by which you invite strangers to become friends, to get to know their inner selves more fully, and even to dare to be silent with you.
posted by Pan-san at 3/18/2010 09:29:00 PM
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