Spiritual Pathway Assessment Reflection

1) Based on my understanding of my spiritual pathway, what are one or two activities I need to engage in regularly to stay connected with God? How will I incorporate these activities into the rhythm of my life?

According to the test results, I am somebody who can connect best to God in nature. And I can sort of agree because when I am outside and surrounded by nature, I feel like I can really see God' s hand into nature. Just the way that everything is created just seems to scream that there is some majestic creator out there, somewhere, and it makes me just feel so small but so ALIVE at the same time. When I went hiking in the mountains, the part where I just get to lie down and stare up at the stars is my absolute favorite part. In Korea, I haven't been able to have these moments however, except for one instance (once in my 5 years here) where I went camping with my youth group. I think that just lying in the middle of our school field, talking with some friends after school could be a great benefit to me personally (and to others who have a similar spiritual pathway).

2) In what ways can I stretch myself to experience God in new ways?

I could try and increase my service and my relational pathways. I know for a fact that I love working, talking, and just being with other people. like I said before, maybe talking with people surrounded by nature could be a great way for me to increase my sensitivity and relationship with God. Just sitting by myself and talking to God through nature could also be a great way. I always make an effort in the morning to make sure I know what the color of the sky is. Right before I get out of school, I ask myself, "do you know what the color of the sky is today?" and sometimes I'm disgusted to find that no, sometimes, I don't! I hate these times because I am forced to realize that I've been too busy even to take a look at the sky above.

Reflection after Ms. Gunther's visit #7

Today Ms. Gunther came into our classroom for the very last time. We went over the "most interesting careers" worksheet together as a class, and I was shocked and a bit sad to see I only guessed 3 out of 10 correct. Actually, I realized that I had heard of the snake milker's job before on Animal Planet (Discovery Channel) but I hadn't known the technical name for them until after Ms. Gunther's visit! This made me think that yes, you really DID learn something new everyday :D. (The shoe iron-creaser job made me laugh. For no particular reason of course, but me and Jiho just snickered when that question came up~). I believe this entire unit with "Life-Changing Decisions" was sort of long, but I think it was a really good oppurtunity to question myself, and what I truly want. It also made me honestly consider what was more important to me: What I wanted or what God wanted from me. I honestly don't know what I'm going to be, want to be, or what God wants me to be when I grow up. So for now, I'm just going to try and use and grow my talents as much as I can and do my best in everything.

Reflection after Ms. Gunther's Visit #6

Today Ms. Gunther came to our classroom and the class started with a lecture that made us think a little bit more on our personal learning styles. I looked over my learning style quiz results and I found that currently I learned well in all three areas. I personally think I don't have a particular
"way" of learning thats the best, but it is easy for me to communicate by writing. It is also quite easy for me to talk about things, and to remember certain things. I think that if I practice and grow in the "auditory" style, it will give me a good advantage. However, for me getting up and trying things out to learn things isn't difficult to me either. Being a Kenisthetic learner or a visual learner isn't hard...I just think I haven't come to grow particularly in one area yet.

Reflection after Ms. Gunther's Visit #5

Today during Writing class we took the personality and my learning style quizzes. Before I took these quizzes, I heard from upperclassmen that these tests weren't accurate (LOL) so I took the test with a very wary attitude. I tried to answer as accurately as possible, and then to judge the answers with criticism. However, I failed because the answers for my personality test were exactly what I didn't expect: they were completely accurate. I remember taking a similar test during Korean class, and I think I got a similar result. I absolutely agree with the test when it says that I am a creative and spontaneous person. I also agree with the test when it says that I love to talk (I do love to talk, actually. To me, writing IS talking. :)). It was interesting to see the different jobs that people said were satisfying and challenging for an ENFP person, and I was delighted to see "creative writing" and "secondary school education" to be part of them.