This morning is Thursday June 14. To those of you who have a more (or less) patriotic calendar in front of you, you might remember this day as "Flag Day." I have a less significant memory (in terms of how it might have affected civilization and life as we know it) but for me, an extremely important date that marked a life changing experience.
Although "technically" I had a "choice" in this matter, in reality – not so much! One did not turn down such appointments. Whatever my class standing had been, no matter my (total lack of) knowledge of conversational Italian (since all lectures there were in Italian), no matter how "average" my background in classical Latin and Greek, guess what, I was being sent into an environment that I could not control, did not understand, and in retrospect was probably as ill prepared as one could possibly be.
Remember those days when your life was so affected. Remember the choices you made that shaped you. Appreciate the choices made and the paths chosen, or even for the choices made for you that you did not appreciate at the time. Pray for those who made such choices and who just might have appreciated your potential more than you yourself did. Be grateful for the unexpected blessings. Know that the Lord has given you far more ability than you might believe about yourself – if you would only stop and remember what has brought you to this day!
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