Every Year

....Tomorrow I have to wake up at 5:30 am to go to my church hall to help make breakfast for about 30 or so peer leaders. I have to be there from 7am till 10pm making posters, directing skits and a bunch of work that needs to be done before the retreat next week. I'm sure it's gonna be a roller coaster of emotions and tempers at times hahah, we're gonna realize something isnt working and people might get a little stressed, and I will be BEYOND tired by the time I get home.....I am actually thankful for all of this lol

Every year a week before the retreat we have this working retreat which is exactly what I just explained. It's mentally and physically draining but honestly it also is a lot of fun...in it's own way I guess hahaha. The past 3 weeks we've been having meetings once a week and yes a lot of things have been getting done but to be completely honest it's been more planning and figuring out what needs to be done, however tomorrow will be actually doing what needs to be done. To me the meetings are fun and way to get use to working with each other and to build that trust and friendship but tomorrow I actualy feel productive and accomplished hahaha

All I know is that every year I hear people, INCLUDING MYSELF, complain about how they dont wanna wake up so early and be there ALL DAY making posters, practicing skits over and over and over again, and how tired they are during the day and they just wanna nap (how many of you are scared to go tomorrow now?? lol)...but at the end of the day ALWAYS!...it all comes together and we're thankful for the time together and I'm not sure how to explain but, I mean put it this way...I always come back, and so do A LOT of other people. So tomorrow will be a tiring day and I explain how hard it's gonna be to hopefuly also make you think that if it's so hard and tiring WHY GO THROUGH WITH IT!?.....well exactly what I want people to think about...why? Because it's worth it to see how amazing the retreat turns out, its worth it to see all the peer leaders especially the new ones experience the behind the scenes to their retreat. And to me the biggest reason.......spending time with these people always makes me happy, we're bonded through faith and all that we've been through together and the love I have for what I do...causes me to forget how tired I was from doing this the year before so I come back every year :]

CHALLENGE: There are things or maybe even people in our lives that have this incredible ability to make us go crazy sometimes....and yet we continue to love them and help them and voluntarily be around them. Usually it's because we love them enough that it's ok if they drive us insane. All the great times we have with them, completely over power any moments of uneasiness. So the next time you get stressed or frustrated or irritated by someone you love....remember why you love them, breathe and get over it hahaha i knwo it's ahrder than that but you get what I mean haha