One Year of Learning

Lately, I realize that I am learning a lot about many things. After seven months in France, my schedule is more or less fixed. A typical week will consist of the following schedule:

• Mondays to Fridays: Classes from 9am to 4.30pm, with 1 hour lunch breaks and 30 minutes coffee and tea breaks. 
• Bible Study on Tuesdays and on Thursdays at 8pm
• French lessons on Mondays and Wednesdays from 5pm to 6.30pm
• Preparations for French Test on alternate Tuesdays from 5pm to 7pm 
• A walk along the river on Friday evenings at 7pm
• Tour through the alleys of Paris on Saturdays (from 9am-8pm)
• Study,hobbies,and self-reflections on Sundays... the whole day

By now, my calendar is filling itself up. Oh no! What's happening? 

All of a sudden, I realize that I am on an accelerated learning curve about everything. It is as if I am running a race against time. These days, I am not only studying about technical subjects. I am also passionately studying French, human traits and behaviours, the Word of God and of course... my own self. 

I like learning. It is fun. I like to know and find out new things everyday. I like to be enlightened. I like to have my eyes opened to concepts and principles that I have never known before. I like to breathe the fresh and cool air that renews my heart and my soul with every step I take along the rocky path. I like to go 'Ooooh'. I like revelations. It is like opening new doors in my mind. I like to discover authentic architecture, which seems to be untouched by the passing of time. 

There are just so many things to learn and discover daily. I love this time of learning, right here, right now. I wish time would just stop here. Yet, I know that it wouldn't. I just have to go along with the flow. While I have found a nice quiet stream to rest in, soon, I will be flowing into a turbulent river, gushing down the waterfall into the stormy seas. Yet, I have resolved. I will not let it affect me. I will not let any circumstance affect the state of my calm beating heart. I will not be carried away by it. I will be firm. I will be strong this time. I will not waver again. 

May the Lord be with me.