defining moments

I guess I really should call these past several posts defining moments.

Here is one more and then I promise to stop and not bore everyone to death.

Several years ago I attended a class given by a Brother Residori. He gave a class that changed my life.
He spoke on racehorses and turtles. He explained that each of us is either like the racehorse or a turtle. Each has different characteristics but of equal worth in the eyes of God.
We have all met them. Racehorses thrive on excitement,compitition, racing to get things accomplished, always moving and doing things quickly, etc.
Then there are the turtles. Slow moving, thorough, steady, easy going, laid back, etc.

the jist of his talk was about accepting ourselves and others, including the differences. Racehorses shouldn't look down on Turtles and vice versa.

At that time in my life, I was new to the church and dealing with feeling inadequate around many of the long time members, etc.

When I sat in that class, it was so wonderful. I had found my nitch. I could work with the racehorses, could accept their characteristics but didn't have to be one. Whew!!!
I could work with the turtles and appreciate their seemingly slower progress and appreciate their steadfastness.

The true personal revelation was to finally find where I was. I cannot do things at a fast pace for any length of time. I have since found out that I have ADD which explains alot.

I realized that I am a turtle with an occassional racehorse spurt. Don't laugh. It was the most wonderful thing that could have happened to me. I had found where I stood and how to deal with others and it was so liberating.

The funny thing is, it was such a defining time in my life and when I told him about it several years afterwards, he doesn't even remember giving the class. Oh well, I am so glad that he did.