on retreat
10.29.06 (2:52 pm) [edit]Been on retreat for the last week, spent the first six days in a hermitage, and the last three in the Monastery. It has been good. I guess one of the reasons that aging is not so bad is that my ability to endure solitude has grown. When I was younger and tried to spend any kind of extended of time alone, I had some real trouble with it. It was like there was this invisible bubble in the middle of the room, and I had to work my way around it, not very comfortable. Now, while it is not always easy, I feel more at home with it, just being before God. Perhaps it is not all age, but God's grace slowly working in my life. I will be here until Tuesday, and then dive back into my life, but I feel refreshed and am looking forward to getting back. I did write a little while on retreat. It will be good to go over my 'musings' and 'rambling' and see what exactly it was that I wrote down. I often just write, without going back over it....it is always interesting to see late just what it was I joted down. The time has gone by very fast, the days merge, so having some notes will be helpful in gleaning what I experienced and learned. Though God's grace really does seem to work in secret, I only see the tip of the iceberg. Still on retreat, so this is brief. Peace Mitch