Class of 2007-Reflection #1
Last year I had the seniors write reflections of their experience with St. Cletus Life Teen. Even through I only got one reflection last year. I decide to do this again. Below is what I hope to be the first of many to come.
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Wow, okay so I have no idea where to start but I’m just going to start typing and we’ll see what comes of it.
I could go on for days on end and not tell you all the memories, experiences, and ways lifeteen and the people in lifeteen have affected my life. When I first joined lifeteen, back when I was a freshman, I was REALLY hesitant about joining. It had been something I had wanted to do for a while but, being as shy as I was, I always came up with one excuse or another to not go. But, as one might have guessed, I eventually came. And I absolutely loved it. I loved the people, I loved what we did, I loved (and still do love) everything about lifeteen and what we do here at St. Cletus. When I joined I thought it would be a fun way to maybe meet some new people and get out of the house once in a while. I didn’t expect it to take over my life and be what I center everything I do around. It changed how I act as a person, how I treat others and most importantly it taught me what it means to have a real relationship with God and how I can deepen and grow in that relationship with God. One of my favorite things about lifeteen is being able to go to noon mass on Sundays and be able to worship God with my friends and the people that mean the world to me. Another thing that I absolutely love about lifeteen is how they allow everyone to be themselves. For those of you who have known me since I was a freshmen, you know how incredibly shy I was. You know how reluctant I was to come out of my shell. I am not nearly as shy as I was and I know it is because of the people here at lifeteen who helped me to come out of my shell and be who I really am. If you would have told me four years ago that I would become obsessed with lifeteen, somewhat kind of sort of not really but I’ll pretend and call myself outgoing, comfortable in my own skin (on a good day), and in love with adoration, I would have thought you were crazy. But I have become all of those things and I know it is because of lifeteen. I know it is because of the people I have come together with hundreds of times to share my faith with, to hear whats going on in their faith life, or to just hang out and grow together as a community. I am going to miss all of you more than you could ever imagine. But I will be back and if you ever want to come visit at Benedictine, I know Jackie will be more than willing to give up her bed (: Anyways, the point I’m trying to make is that you all mean the world to me and I love you a lot.
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