http://burned-bridges.net/contrariwise/2006/07/26/he-took-off-the-hat/ Because normal is boring. Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:54:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://burned-bridges.net/contrariwise/2006/07/26/he-took-off-the-hat/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Contrariwise » Blog Archive » Not the Answer I Expected Mon, 31 Jul 2006 02:18:13 +0000 http://burned-bridges.net/contrariwise/?p=489#comment-8 [...] The article, of course, gets me thinking about vocations. I’ve mentioned a few times that I’m discerning, but most people don’t know that. After Sunday’s Shrine and Dine, I had a small revelation. There was no slip into religious ecstasy or anything like that. I was just thinking, like I always do, and I remembered that, during our conversation at Plato’s, someone mentioned the lack of girls with vocations at the CSC. I was going to mention my own discernment, but then I stopped. So while making my bed that afternoon, I wondered why. All of a sudden, I thought, “Because you wouldn’t be able to explain why.” And that’s the truth: I don’t know why, exactly, I’ve been storming heaven with prayers for discernment. [...] [...] The article, of course, gets me thinking about vocations. I’ve mentioned a few times that I’m discerning, but most people don’t know that. After Sunday’s Shrine and Dine, I had a small revelation. There was no slip into religious ecstasy or anything like that. I was just thinking, like I always do, and I remembered that, during our conversation at Plato’s, someone mentioned the lack of girls with vocations at the CSC. I was going to mention my own discernment, but then I stopped. So while making my bed that afternoon, I wondered why. All of a sudden, I thought, “Because you wouldn’t be able to explain why.” And that’s the truth: I don’t know why, exactly, I’ve been storming heaven with prayers for discernment. [...]

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