Whoever will not receive you or listen to your words -- go outside that house or town and shake the dust from your feet.This line resonated with me, since it feels so on-point with my feelings about my current job. I've written about this extensively before, so speaking of dust, I don't want to shake out the rug again right now and start a coughing fit. All I'll emphasize is, regardless of fault or causes, as that quote relates to my feelings on [...], it strikes a chord with me.
And as long as I'm on the topic of quotes, I turn my attention to a backward-looking perspective to a forward-looking one as I quote a tweet from Pope Francis earlier today and similarly apply it to my life now:
Do not be afraid to cast yourselves into the arms of God; whatever he asks of you, he will repay a hundredfold.Changing the topic and focus of this post, though, I'll share that Jeannie and I took a walk earlier this evening. We walked to Sister Cities Park to catch the tail-end of a low-key concert there. Then, we walked up to the lawn directly across the street from the Free Library of Philadelphia, where a play was being performed al fresco. On the walk home, we ran into two people, both connected to [...], the first the chairman of the [...] board of directors, who was out for a walk with his college-aged daughter. Then, closer to home, we ran into a former [.....] advocate/intern, who recounted to us the very long tale of the duplicitous actions of her boyfriend over the past 9 months or more. Hearing it from an outside perspective, it seemed obvious that she should cut all ties with him immediately. But I have a strong sense that she will continue to give him chances, or else she wouldn't have talked about him so much, and she certainly wouldn't be considering -- as she shared with us -- that she's looking to buy a house only two blocks from him. I pray that she comes to her senses soon, hopefully without getting hurt any, or at least too much, more.
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