Post-Weekend Report

Today I was still kind of bummed about the events described in Friday's post, and then I was distracted, and then I was sitting around doing homework. Suddenly, I realized that I had to come up with a short reflection before my CLC meeting tonight(CLC stands for Christian Life Community, fyi). I grabbed a loose sheet of paper, and the first thing that came to my mind was the topic of forgiveness. Earlier, my friend told me that I should forgive and forget concerning Friday. So, I wrote a solid paragraph about my patron saint, Maria Goretti, and how she forgave the man who tried to rape her. The part that struck me, though, was when I wrote about what the reverse does. Holding grudges has always been something that I have tried my hardest to avoid. In my reflection, I said that doing so only ate away at me and my relationships.

I suppose the same holds true for holding onto things. Maybe I did want things to be a certain way, but I was still really good friends with this person, and so I realized that giving up those notions is worth keeping a good friend. Maybe those things will come to fruition some day, but for now I just have to be there for him in the way that he wants me to be. After all, that's the Christian way, isn't it? Sacrifice of yourself for the benefit of others.

Today, I called him right after I got out of my CLC meeting, and told him that I was for sure ready to move on from this whole thing. I think we'll be better off for it, and we can still be good friends without letting this get in the way of that.

Also, I saw my Classics friends today for the first time after the weekend. I didn't realize how much I missed them until I saw them again. It was so nice to be with my friends and just to see them. They are a good group of people, and more interesting than most to say the least. Tomorrow it's back to classes and whatnot, so I suppose I had better get back to work and study some Greek before it gets too late. Still pretty tired after my parents visited, so I should get to bed early since it's up bright and early at 8 tomorrow morning.