One year ago today I was waking up in my gradparents’ house, my first whole day back in the US after a year abroad. It hardly seems like a year has gone by in some senses, but in other ways, that year seems so far away it’s practically just a dream.
As all of us World Racers from Jan 07 look back this week and remember our year together, there is no doubt a full range of emotions that accompnay the memories. Mine are all good. The WR was a year of growth, challenge and new opportunities for me. In addition to those great benefits, I believe that through those experiences, doors opened to me. I feel I have a greater freedom life. A greedom to fail. A freedom to succeed. A fredom to try new things and engage in new endeavors. It’s an ongoing learning experience, which is proved by the areas in my life in the last year where I lived in fear and not in freedom, but at the same tim, there were/are consistentely areas where I have gone forwrad in blodness that I had possessed before. This manifests in small things, like trying new sports, or foods, and in the larger arenas of life, such as stepping out to learn a new job in a new place by myself. One of the racers posted a great note, reminding us all not to let the WR be the best thing in our lives, but to always expect more bests to come as we follow Jesus and embrace the adventures he has for each of us. For me it was a great year, a pivotal year, a life changing year, but the BEST is yeat to come!
I re-read my blog from a year ago today, and for me it was good to look back.
