Wednesday, September 19, 2007

C.S. Lewis quote

From The Problem of Pain,

"We are, not metaphorically but in very truth, a Divine work of art, something that God is making, and therefore something with which He will not be satisfied until it has a certain character... one can imagine a sentient picture, after being rubbed and scraped and re-commenced for the tenth time, wish that it were only a thumb-nail sketch whose making over was in a minute. In the same way it is natural for us to wish that God had designed us for a less glorious and less arduous destiny; but we are not wishing for more love but for less."

Today's schedule

7 AM- Alarm goes off- reset as a result of having stayed up late finishing a paper and taking too much Nyquil afterwards
8 AM- was supposed to work
9AM- was supposed to be in French class
10AM- was supposed to be in Doctrine class (but I did get the paper, for which illness had earned me an extension, e-mailed)
10:30AM- Got up
11AM- Chapel, with guest speaker Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Uganda Henry Orombi
12:00PM- Luncheon with Archbishop
1PM- skipped Cultural Heritage of the West Class to stay and listen to Archbishop
2PM- E-mail Prof. about having to miss 3PM class for...
3PM Interview for Bagpipe article with Dr. Rulon
3:25PM- unexpectedly hunt down Dr. Green for interview for Bagpipe
4PM- Workstudy meeting for team leaders
5:30PM- Hall dinner with RD downtown at Panera
7:30PM- nighttime chapel with Archbishop
9:30PM- Hide in library and write article, only to discover that I had another day to write it and therefore could have done more pressing homework
12:08AM- Waste more time writing on blog and rethinking life...

The significance of this day (which, for the record, was rather unusual, except for the oversleeping part) is somewhat overwhelming. Each individual event, as well as the whole, having more significance in my life personally than first glance may tell.
Hopefully I'll expound more on this soon, but for now, I feel responsibility calling me back to the dorm and to bed.