Saturday, September 10, 2011

RETREAT: SELF-REFLECTION WITH GOD

IT WAS A  VERY NICE AND AMAZING EXPERIENCE THAT I WAS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW MYSELF BETTER WITH GOD IN A QUIET AND COMFORTING PLACE WITH A TOUCH OF NATURE IN SALOMA SA KINAIYAHAN RETREAT HOUSE AT CATALUNAN GRANDE. THROUGH THOSE SESSIONS THAT WAS BEING CONDUCTED BY FATHER GARCIA, IT MAKES ME DID SELF-REFLECTION THAT REALLY OPENS THE DOOR TO THE DEEPER PART OF ME. IT MAKES ME REALIZED THAT I'M A VERY UNIQUE PERSON AND GOD LOVES ME SO MUCH. I ALSO ABLE TO KNOW NOT ONLY MY SELF DEEPER BUT ALSO MY CLASSMATES THROUGH OUR SHARING. THROUGH THOSE SHARING, OUR BOND NOT ONLY AS CLASSMATES AND AS FRIENDS BUT ALSO AS BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN CHRIST WAS STRENGTHENED. THE RETREAT NOT ONLY SATISFIED OUR EYES WITH THE WONDERFUL VIEW OF THE PLACE, NOT ONLY FILLS OUR MINDS WITH THE LOVING THOUGHTS  OF GOD, NOT ONLY MAKES US FEEL THE WARMTH PRESENCE OF GOD BUT ALSO FILLS OUR STOMACH WITH DELICIOUS AND TASTY FOODS THAT REALLY AWAKES OUR SENSES.:-).

ONE OF THE THING I LEARNED IS THAT I MUST NOT FORGET ALL THOSE BAD AND NEGATIVE THINGS THAT I HAD EXPERIENCE BECAUSE IT WAS A PART OF A BIGGER ME AND THAT I MUST VIEW IT POSITIVELY TO TRANSFORM MYSELF INTO A BETTER ME. I MUST NOT LET THOSE UNDESIRABLE EXPERIENCES RUINED ME AND COVER THOSE HAPPY AND  WONDERFUL MOMENTS.  I REALLY BELIEVE THAT EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR REASON AND THAT GOD HAD A PLAN THAT WILL LEAD ME TO A LIFE THAT HE WANTED ME TO LIVE. 

AT THE END OF OUR THREE DAYS RETREAT, I CAN SAY THAT SOMETHING IN ME WAS CHANGED NOT FOR THE WORST BUT FOR THE BETTER.





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