We "got it" and are returning to get it again
Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 11:24 pm
Hello forumites,
Believe someone recently mentioned that the closer one gets to returning to STJ, the more involved they become with this forum...well, for ourselves, this is true. We are returning to a place that has called to us since we were first there two years ago and find it strange that any island could do this, as we like to visit "places" we have not been to before.
STJ is special and is, as we posted before, the only place that elicited tears from my wife when we left.
Why we wish to return has something to do with your feelings about this place as well. Being there produces such a feeling of peace and oneness with the surroundings that unless you're totally absorbed with your obligations, you can't help but step outside of your responsibilities and your isolation from your environment to appreciate what God has provided for us. On the seventh day....we all should rest and give thanks.
That doesn't mean we should become self-absorbed and forget our responsibilities to others; only that we seek peace with our surroundings and with our fellow man (and with our other life forms).
Thank you all for keeping this attitude of allegiance and hope for a respite from our demanding lifes afloat.
We salute you and give you thanks for the living memory of what life is all about.
Believe someone recently mentioned that the closer one gets to returning to STJ, the more involved they become with this forum...well, for ourselves, this is true. We are returning to a place that has called to us since we were first there two years ago and find it strange that any island could do this, as we like to visit "places" we have not been to before.
STJ is special and is, as we posted before, the only place that elicited tears from my wife when we left.
Why we wish to return has something to do with your feelings about this place as well. Being there produces such a feeling of peace and oneness with the surroundings that unless you're totally absorbed with your obligations, you can't help but step outside of your responsibilities and your isolation from your environment to appreciate what God has provided for us. On the seventh day....we all should rest and give thanks.
That doesn't mean we should become self-absorbed and forget our responsibilities to others; only that we seek peace with our surroundings and with our fellow man (and with our other life forms).
Thank you all for keeping this attitude of allegiance and hope for a respite from our demanding lifes afloat.
We salute you and give you thanks for the living memory of what life is all about.
