Living with 45 or so other people is really hard. When living life constantly with these other people, it is very easy for me to not have patience. Over the month that I have been on the race, I have seen that I will put my earbuds in and try to drain out everything around me. Although listening to music is not bad, I will run to my music to stop the situation around me. This in turn doesn’t solve the thing that I am running from, but I then hold onto those things. I then find myself with a lot of things that I am ‘dealing’ with. That is the worst place for me to be in.
I have been trying to surround myself with people and talk about the things that may bother me. With the feedback times, it is good for me to bring up things/look for the good in the brothers I have around me. Even with the feedback times, I don’t have to have them to communicate with the people that surround me. Living life and telling others of how they can improve is so great.
One thing that I have found that helps with not having anger towards others is by stepping away from the thing that is at hand and then returning when I have the right attitude. In that moment, I need time to go to a place by myself to think and reflect on how I should come back. It helps me so much. That time is also when I will usually pray, asking God to strengthen me and to focus on the things that are good.
I love the community of guys I have around me. It is cool having 7 other guys that are running to the same goal that I am. We can encourage each other in our daily walks with the Lord and grow in community with each other. I love them so much. It is cool having the feedback times during our week. I look to my brothers to see how I may grow in the different things in my life. I love the friendships I have with them; whether we are just laughing or talking while doing construction at ministry, I have been encouraged by them in my own walk with the Lord. I love them so much and I’m excited what the next 7 1/2 months will look like with them.
