Greetings to all from the United States
of America.
It has been positive with me so far as I
continue the process of formation. I appreciated and have been
enriched by the company of my Zambian brothers
from the novitiate, Emmanuel, Jerome and
Sydney. They brought new energy and dynamism to our house of
formation.
At the recommendation of my formators, Mark
and Ben, I have taken to do CPE program this summer and that in
Methuen- Massachusetts. It has been going on well so far but
demanding. I feel that I have been enriched abundantly by this
experience. I have come to know myself better and how I relate
to others as well as how others relate to me. Except for the
amount of work involved I would recommend it to anyone wishing
to come to a better self knowledge and understanding which in
turn enhances relationships.
What I have enjoyed so far from being this
side of the world has been the formation program in San Antonio.
I must say I have appreciated being related to as a mature and
responsible adult. This has helped me do my own growth and
develop my own sense of responsibility which then carries more
weight and value in the sense that I personally spend energy and
time to cultivate and develop it. I have also appreciated being
related to as a necessary piece of a puzzle.
This I contrast with being related to as
merely another piece that must conform to the already
established puzzle. I have appreciated and it has enhanced my
growth when I am related to as a mystery that is desirable and
deserves endless opportunities for self discovery and in so
doing revealing itself to self andothers.
I have valued the formation process that
thinks of the individual before the system as opposed to
thinking system then individual. For me it is the individuals
that make a system. When a system makes an individual, it
results in conformity, which (God forbid) only ends in conformed
individuals who may come to self discovery only late in life or
may go through life completely as the Platonic shadows that
missed out on their entire earthly life! What I have come to
appreciate from being here I wish for every individual who is
discerning his vocation as he drowns in the mystery of his
being, God’s inner dwelling.
Peace and Good to all.
