Life Lesson 'tutorial'

April once (or twice? or a few times?) said that our meeting between me, April, Nyz, and Nic twice a year has always been a life lesson sharing session. This afternoon I really felt the beauty of this friendship and our 'life lesson tutorial' sessions. People have their own idea about "friends" or "true friends" and I think the most valuable thing of our friendship is the fact that we can really dig up the thing that our friend might not like, point it out and say, "See? This thing might not be correct, you might want to view it from a different angle". We can point the 'most bitter possibility' that we don't want to think about. We knock each others' head by our words, "Hey! Wake up!!" and we also help each other, we offer solution, we try to understand our friend's perspective, yet it doesn't mean that we must let the other person is trapped in her mindset. However, our last sentence is always, "It is up to you. If you think A, then you must be ready for B. If you don't think about A, we've told that you can't just brush it off." We remind each other that we must face the problem instead of running away.

This afternoon I had similar life lesson 'tutorial' with Sharmini. (I really owe Dom for introducing two us. Oops, I think I really owe him a lot! hahaha). We talked talked talked and talked, and suddenly we talked to each other about our weaknesses. It was a really beautiful chat. She gave me some tips on how I could help myself, she shared to me about her difficulties overcoming her weakness, she encouraged me, and she understood how difficult it is to improve ourselves. We were quite surprised that we had similar weakness. Hahaha. We were like, "oops, now we know why we clique with each other :P". I really feel enlightened after talking to her and really felt that this is the way that I've been looking for. It's much more encouraging to see someone with similar struggle also trying hard and to journey with this person. Really thank God for our Sunday chat.

There was one time during circle (the weekly spiritual formation in Opus Dei), Pilar said, "We must do our norms of piety, our plan of life, even though we don't feel like doing it because God wants to talk to us in that specific moment and God has prepared grace for us for that specific situation." I think it's really true. Yesterday I felt the urge to go confession, but I brushed it off. This morning I went and I really felt that it was God speaking to me. (okay don't imagine emotional scene like coming out of confessional box crying :P). He talked about thing as simple as "not to be too busy doing lots of stuff, till you don't know why you're upset" (remember my me-time post?). Another time I felt that God was talking through Dom (again!) Hahaha..

There was one time I felt sooooo difficult to pray because I was so sad, then the next day the reflection was on "to live at the present moment and not to worry too much." Pilar said, even when you feel that you've prayed 'wrongly', it is the grace of God that allows you to feel that!
So yeah.. Thank God for the life lesson 'tutorial' (though sometimes got 'painful tutorial' too >.<) hahahaha.

have a blessed Sunday!!