Clifford’s Tale: A Jesuit Volunteer’s Inevitable First Challenge
Once I finally became uncomfortable, I discovered something foundational about simple living
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Entries by Harry Huggins
Due Anxiety
Anxiety motivated me to make all these difficult decisions. One of my biggest role models taught me the phrase “go toward the roar” (reductively: if you chose the easy paths in life rather than paths that seem scary, complicated or difficult, you avoid personal growth, you ignore God’s still, small voice and you may be eaten by lions). I used that approach to understand and act through the anxiety in all three experience
Jesuit Volunteer Reflects: Feeling God’s Presents
I felt my heart accept what my mind already knew: that God is in all things, including the people who cause me stress and provoke conflict in my life; that myself and my reactions are the only parts of my community that I can or should try to change; that I feel closer to God when I am listening to people rather than judging them.