CM TEC 527.

This weekend I encountered one of the most beautiful things alive. I went on a retreat, kind of by myself. But it was so needed, the only down side was the fact that it was quite possibly the most beautiful weekend ever and we were inside for most of it.

A week later and the weekend is still fresh in my mind. It was a really good getaway for me. It was nice to be by myself away from family and friends and to be free to be myself (not that I'm not in every day life) but also without the "hindrance" of family and friends it allowed me to make a lot more new friends. The weekend is based on the Paschal mystery, so the first day is "die day" which sounds worse than what it actually means. Basically die day is where everyone has a rock and each rock represents something in your life that is getting in the way of getting closer to God. The second day is "Rise day" and that's where basically you like re-commit to trying to live like God and letting go your faults. The last day is "go day" and basically we talk about how to go forth from the weekend and continue living out god's word but also to just know that God made you the way he wanted you to be. Which really was very reassuring to hear.
Sometimes I get down on myself and don't really believe that I'm living the way God wants me to or that sometimes I'm not the way God wants me to be. So in all this weekend was basically everything I needed at this point in my life.

What was even better about this weekend, was that they really encouraged you to put away the cell phones/ipods/anything electronic and just get involved in the weekend. For me that wasn't a big deal at all, I'm not attached to my phone like some people are, and that made my weekend so much better. We didn't have much free time but when we did, I got to know the people I was on the weekend with.

However, the down side of that is that I have to take meds pretty strictly at 10 and 11pm but I happen to go to church with the guy that was directing the weekend so I kind of made him my own personal clock so I could take meds at the right time. =]

For now, that's all I will disclose, but the weekend was truly amazing.