Mariah’s Summer

This summer has been a great one (not like it’s ending anytime soon… one month, you say? WHAT!) (Wait a minute, one month is a long time…. … Okay I am freaking out now. Let’s go back to the main topic). This summer has been a great one. I have been able to do so many fun things, and I have grown tremendously.

I have been able to relax a lot. I used to use the term ‘relax’ when I had nothing else to do. “What are you going to do today?” “Oh, I think I’ll just sit and relax.” But I feel like I really have been able to relax this summer. I get to just sit and read. I go to the library 2-4 times a week.

I love the library. I love it so much. I love the calm and peaceful feeling inside the building. It’s almost spiritual for me. I like walking in the heat to get there and feeling the cold relief of the air gust as I open the door. I like to traverse the aisles, fingers lightly caressing the spines of many great books. I love the smell of books, I love the feel of books; I love the covers, the spines, the pages, the text. I casually wander. I am in no hurry when I am there. I pick out books I would like to have the fortune of knowing and then I go home. Or I will linger, picking a nice chair and just sit. Read. Breathe. Or I may go to this wonderful place outside I won’t tell you about, because then you’d go there too. I’m sorry, reader, but I can’t just give my pearls out to anyone. ;)

This summer I have been able to have some structure found in tutoring. I tutor two little kids, ages 8 and 10, two times a week. It’s very nice to have structure. That way I feel able to relax, knowing I have work to do the next day. I have also been able to reflect on if I would like to teach younger kids or not. I think it would be great fun, but I am just not sure.

I have been able to be on Seminary Council, which has helped me a lot. I am learning to do things the Lord’s way and not mine. I am learning how to work as a team and not be the Leader. I am learning to love everyone, and to include the Lord in our meetings. I have learned and am learning He is on Seminary Council, too. I am learning about the Individual Worth each of our students have. It’s great.

I hope your summer turns out greater than or equal to my summer. I hope you get some quiet time, and just have fun doing what you love. Live life with passion! (But also have reason, and don’t get too carried away. I love the library but I am not going to live there.)

     

Thanks for reading,

Mariah