I guess it's about time for a little update especially since I am pretty much horrible at keeping in touch with people who aren't around me. I like to make the excuse that I am focusing all I am right here, right now. But that only goes so far.

So, I have never been so content in a place as I am here. Not content in a bad way, but content in a way that allows me to grow in many ways. At this point in my life, my purpose is to be learning (and I am starting to be okay with not doing) but this environment is just so perfect for doing just that. ugh...I wish I could explain what I mean. hmm.

For instance, I woke up nice and early this morning and enjoyed a cup of coffee while watching the lovely snow fall and thinking through all the things I had read the day before that needed to be remembered today. I went to class all morning (which involved learning about greatness, beauty, art, and drawing my face), ate lunch, went to class all afternoon (history/philosophy. subject matter: are there universals or just particulars?), got a cup of tea, read a book, talked about that book and all that I learned in class with a few friends, ate dinner with my professors and friends to try to better understand all that I learned today, played in the snow, put on a gorilla costume, worked on some art, played some guitar, read a bit more, and now I am writing this. (Actually I probably did 20 or 30 more things than that but...)

Now, I don't think you care to know all I do in a day, but I don't know how else to explain how intentional (that's not the word I want to use) this environment is for learning. I mean there are probably about 50 people in my life right now (35 students, 5 teachers, and a handful more who I see daily). I eat every meal with them, live with them, learn with/from them, play with them...this makes social life very easy and comfortable for an introvert.

This is good because my role in...you could say...the fullness of the world or even the body of Christ is to be seeking the truth, at least for now. I am becoming a better lover of wisdom, a better lover of God, and in the end, a better lover of people.

And while I do all that, I can make some great friends (as these people I have only known for a week are already becoming), laugh more than I ever have in my life, and be in the most beautiful place I have ever lived.