What do you do when all the emotion and excitement is gone?

Once again, a fun-filled week has come to an end! Wait, did I just say fun-filled? That might be a bit of a stretch, it was actually a study-filled week! Oh my my, after 4 months of summer I forgot just how boring reading can be, and it so happens that this semester there is no Economics to save me from the readings and essays, 4 reading classes...can you imagine! Of course i'm not complaining, I actually love the classes I'm taking, if only they had lesser readings, I'd be cool. But apart from the obvious...this week has been all about, what do you do when the initial excitement and emotion of new things has gone...what do you do?

As all the settling down has been done, it's time to get down to work. I sat down recently and realized that I've been in school for 17 years of my life! I'm like na-aah, I'm tired, and for sure I am. Before, in High School, I delighted in doing extra work, and reading more than required...I loved to wake up really early, sleep for 3 hours studying late and early in the morning...wow, but now, I'm basically doing the standard, what will get me through...and obviously that's not what a child of God ought to do, I'm meant to shine hey! And by His grace I still do...went to two classes, Philosophy and Politics, and I hadn't finished my readings, but I contributed the most and made really substantial arguments...all glory to God. I do know it's not a healthy lifestyle, because the word says, as you sow, you will also reap...so I wanna sow generously, sow wisely...and if the feeling is gone, what do I depend on? I depend on the cross and the purpose to which I have been called...I remember my vision and my passion...and that it's not all about me, but about my family, about nations, and most importantly, it's about heaven! Sometimes you just gotta push yourself, the harder it gets, the greater the reward.

Oh did I tell you I went to Comrie and the southern highlands this weekend? That was one of our Pomona-planned trips and I also invited a friend who is studying in Edinburgh...he's the one in the green coat in my pictures below. We had a great time, the rain was very unfriendly...and as a result it was really muddy, otherwise known as I kept slipping and 'almost falling' lol. Also, if you've watched Harry Potter 2, you know that bridge where the Hogwarts Express passes, yup I saw it :)

Other things I've learned this week, my friend Sonja says I "soak in the world." My friend Que says I "think like an American" -not so sure if that's good or bad... My friend Tendo says I "am deep", and I "have wisdom of someone 10 years older". Above all, I discovered that just because I am strong, I have strong opinions and I am not afraid to share them...my gift enables me to draw attention to myself when I speak...just because I'm like this, doesn't mean I get to have my personal beliefs and cares, opinions represented above others, rather, it falls upon me to do the better thing and represent the voiceless, the not so brave...and be their voice...Great word that is! Happy October lovely people, this is the month of moving ahead, and taking what God said before was yours!