A few weeks ago, I was at Quilt Camp at Lutheridge. This week I'm at a different retreat at Lutheridge, the Create in Me retreat. Both of them make me happy, but in different ways. Create in Me has a variety of activities, with workshops and Bible Study and much more involved worship services. Quilt Camp gives us lots of time and space to work on our own projects that we bring with us.
When I'm at one, I'm missing the other. Having gone to both for several years now, I know to expect this feeling. I'm also missing past years, past people. Again, I know to expect this, but it often makes me feel strange.
It's not a new revelation: I'm happier when I'm not comparing experiences. Still, it's so hard for me not to compare.
I've also been thinking about past years, about how sad I was as I made my way home to the flat land of Florida. I've been thinking about how astonished past Kristin would be to find out that I had finally found a home in the mountains.
Of course, one of the disadvantages of a house here at Lutheridge is that I don't really feel like I'm on retreat, like I've been away, when I return to my house each night. Of course, one of the advantages of my current life is that many of the elements of retreat life are present in my daily life.
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