Year 3 week 30
23rd – 29th July 2018
On this journey I have changed so much and when I think of the old me it’s like I am thinking of someone I know really well and have a lot of knowledge about. It doesn’t seem like I am thinking about myself at all.
This week I have noticed how I have changed and others have not necessarily changed with me. One thing I have noticed over the last few months is that Matt very often would go off and talk to people he knows and leave me on my own.
This scenario has happened now for years but I have only just noticed it. I asked him recently why does he often leave me on my own and never introduce me to people he talks to. His response was that every time he’d done this in the past I am either not interested or I am rushing him to leave half way through an important conversation because I’d get bored.
I replied by saying yes that’s the old me, but I have changed since then. It wasn’t Matt’s fault this happened as it was the way I’ve been for years and it had become a habit.
This week we are away again, this time we are camping near the south coast. We are at a Christian conference. There are a lot of people here that Matt knows and I have to say he has introduced me to lots of people. And I’ve really made an effort to respond and join Matt.
It has made my time away a lot more fun and a little less lonely.
I have met a lot of new people since being on this journey. Most of my friends now are people I have met over the last couple of years.
All the time I am realising the benefits my new life is bringing. I can’t believe I was ever so closed off to the world before.
