Whole person spirituality

I am always amazed at the relationship between my self and my person.

Ok, that didn't make sense. Let me give an example--

For the last couple of weeks, I had been discombobulated. Up and down emotionally (sometimes all over the place in the same day), I had been physically tired and exhausted, my spiritual life was at an all-semester low, and I had quite a bit on my plate in the general sense.

To reflect this, my room was a disaster zone. No joke. Part of why I had been a bit reclusive in my dorm was because I didn't have the time/energy to clean and therefore couldn't have my door open. But I didn't want my door open because I didn't have time/energy, too.

So imagine the change when I got my energy back, started sleeping better, and while emotions are still reflecting what weekend it is--at least I know what they are! I've been encouraged and feeling better about where I'm at spritually, and this next week is going to be rather uneventful (EXCEPT for Godspell on Thursday!) and I'm rather relieved about that.

My room has been transformed.

Seriously, now. I spent all Thursday evening cleaning-- I did my laundry AND put my laundry away (two entirely different tasks!) I vacuumed, and I shook out the rugs, and vacuumed behind the furniture(!) and did a little bit of rearranging, I vacuumed the bathroom floor and cleaned the counter, I washed two weeks' worth of dishes, organized my desk and put away books, took care of my plants and added water to my fishtank, moved some pictures around, and "febreezed".

So which is it? Does my external life reflect my internal, or does my internal life reflect the external? That's a question I'll never really know the answer to-- but I do know that they have a lot to do with each other. I think we, myself included, often forget that we come before God as WHOLE people-- multifaceted beings that are so much more than simply "spiritual" (and you can argue, too, that we too often forget that everyone is a spiritual being, whether or not they believe in God...)




On an entirely different note,

The field trip to the IMAX & Zoo was so much fun. I was able to wield some authority (haha) and also wielded a camera (took over 100 pictures!) which my cooperating teacher was quite thrilled about. Our kids behaved pretty well, even though the class that joined us (mostly 8th grade boys) acted terribly. I can't believe that I only have a few weeks left there... I'm going to miss it so much.

I've also registered for classes. Turned out that J.Fellows is a 3 credit class, not a 1 credit class. Whoops. But it makes sense, even though it throws a wrench into my schedule. So I ended up registering for --

J.Fellows, obviously ;) (3)
Grammar for ESL (3)
Chemistry 101 (designed for non-math/non-science majors!) (4)
American Lit I (3)
Education 307 (3)

That's 16 credits right there, but I'm hoping to add Lingustics (3 credits) once I have time to hunt down approval for it. I feel like my Tues/Thurs could handle it, and I don't want to overlap Linguistics with Sociolinguistics. Not that I wouldn't mind staying at Calvin forever, but tuition is becoming increasingly problematic.


Time to get ahead on some work, and to read some more of T.Merton!

Betsy