Wow, February

It doesn't seem possible that the end of February is already upon us.
Last weekend I was in North Carolina attending Quint State, which is a graduate student event, then I was recovering from Quint State and then I was catching up from not being in Auburn because of Quint State.
Then my parents came to visit, so I was hosting them. It's always fun having visitors, but it is also hard to relax when you know that you have other things going on.

But one morning while I was waiting for my parents to pick me up so we could go out to Breakfast, I had some time to just sit. I haven't really had time to sit and enjoy nature much, but I was sitting on the couch and looking out our front window at the tulip tree in front of our house. It has been blooming for about a week or so now. It has also been raining a lot and breezy, so there were petals flying off the tree.

I was struck as I was watching the different blooms that this blooming occurs every spring. Every spring the blossoms open up and are challenged by the wind and rain. Some of the blossoms have the strength to stay intact while others break apart easily. And then the leaves come, and go and next spring the blossoms come again to be tested by the weather.

It's sort of like life; or at least my life. Being in school lends itself to being in seasons more so than other lines of work. Each beginning of the semester I have the opportunity to make some of the same choices like whether I should be more involved with school work or with Grace Campus Ministries. Should I build relationships here or there? It's almost like the movie Groundhog Day, but without time repeating itself. I get to make some choices repeatedly, and others not so much, but I can't wait until I finally get it right.