Bread is better than lotion for making you feel comfortable in your own skin! Sleeping with bread provides the opportunity for some internal as well as external assessment of a persons' life in general. I think that is why it has prooved to be such a helpful "exercise". It involves spiritual, physcial, emotional and practical aspects of life and it gives people the chance to look at the whole instead of separate parts of self. This said, I am one full week into my new position with Westminster Prebyterian Church and I have to say, I'm feeling more like myself than I have in a very long time. It's difficult at this early point to discern the exact reasons why I'm feeling more comfortable in my skin - but the fact remains that I do. So I'll try to explain some of the whys, at least the whys that I understand at the moment. Why #1? Commuting is no longer a part of my day. While there are times that I miss the thinking and alone time of my commute to work ( mo...
Life is tough, but hope is tougher.