hello my dear, how are you and how was your weekend? I miss you and think about you a lot, but I was so mentally exhausted yesterday after the wedding reception on Saturday, I felt hungover the whole day and needed to do some introverted recharge.
I still went to church yesterday morning, after that and having lunch alone, as I was about to go home to rest, I bumped into a university classmate who also goes to the same church and just recently came back from his pilot training in the US. We are actually not that close, but we did chat about some deeper topics a few times quite awhile back, I guess because we are both Christians and have similar backgrounds.
He asked me how I’ve been doing, I said I am doing okay, been travelling back and forth HK and UK for abit, but mostly in HK these days. Then he asked me if I have joined any care group at church. A care group is basically a group of people who would gather regularly to chat and connect, and hopefully build a community with deeper relationships to do life together as friends. I had one back at the local HK church that I used to go and grow up in, but it wasn’t really suitable for me.
This thought of joining one again in this church has crossed my mind for so many times. It is one of the things that echoes back to the whole theme of recovering from my social withdrawal and rebuilding my own community. But as you know how introverted I am, I never had the courage to take the step and try one.
So when I bumped into him again yesterday after several years and he invited me to join his care group, I just felt it’s like one of those “coincidence” that God set up for me, so that I can make an easier first step. And when I think about it that way, although the social withdrawal side of me wanted to reject him nicely, I just couldn’t help but said I am open to it and asked him to let me know when their care group next meets.
I am actually not sure if I will still feel that “courageous” to join when he lets me know again (haha), or maybe I won’t be able to make it, or maybe I’ll show up but then found that it doesn’t work for me, but I think this is still a baby step that I just made that is worth journaling and sharing with you :)
How about you my dear? I hope that you find yourself on the right track navigating through life too, even if it’s just really a micro step. But even if you’re not or feel lost, know that I am here for you and with you.
Love you, dear.
morning me, with swollen eyes:
evening me, with less swollen eyes but a shirt:
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