So, I'm on a few weeks off, because of an injury. Time spent recuperating is slow time. Hospital chaplaincy has convinced me of that, & the last couple weeks have affirmed that.I've spent time packing up some of my papers/essays, organising my book shelf, & catching up on my reading. I've even taken my degree/diploma in to be framed at a local place that does custom framing.
While I am looking forward to the postulancy process, at this moment in time, I'm missing the idea of going back to school. I enjoy it. I enjoy the challenge, the learning, & the opportunity to articulate that learning through papers. I've never been much of an athlete, but I love exercising my brain.
Having spent the last year of my MDiv writing a thesis (among other things), I found it a most enjoyable & rewarding experience. If I were to use a sports analogy, I might liken it to driving a fast pitch out of the park, or sinking the last put on the course, and being way under par.
Maybe it's because I'm bored, at this particular moment, but I've begun to long for that feeling again. It feels very much like being in a gauzy, kind of in between place.
