So, I know I haven't updated in a while.....anyone surprised???? I've had several things on my mind that I would say o blog that....of course it's like at midnight when my brain is sifting through all the day's happenings. One theme continued shout at me. It is best summed up in the following quote that a former professor had posted on her door:
"Refuse to fall down. If you cannot refuse to fall down, refuse to stay down, lift your heart toward heaven like a hungry beggar, and ask that it be filled and it will be filled. You may be pushed down. You may be kept from rising. But not one can keep you from lifting your heart toward heaven-only you. It is in the middle of misery that so much becomes clear. The one who says nothing good came from this is not yet listening." (Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes from her book, The Hungry Gardner)
This quote is a reminder to not that people keep you down. So many of our girls, families, people we meet in general have been told that they can't for so long they believe it and so they don't. They don't believe in them selves, they don't believe they can finish high school let alone go to college, and they don't believe that the God who created them had big, no HUGE, plans for them. This is true for so many. It may also be true for many others. I, too, struggle with people telling me that I can't do something. I have since I was a kid. It took God and His constant reminder that He didn't call me because I was talented...or I was popular......I was and am neither. He reminds me that He loves me because I am His creation and wants to use me for His purpose. It is a relief when there isn't an expectation added to God's plan other than follow it. I want to share this with those I meet. I want to share with the girls and women that we serve that God says you can! You can go to college, you can reach for your dreams because God put more than likely them there---Refuse to stay down. -|-
