First AY
Hesitant to post here because.... I don't know. I guess there's a certain pressure to hide how I feel because I feel that no one will understand and I need to seem strong so that no one worries about me. Many suppressed emotions, yes. But I've crossed my first semester and first summer here. Tomorrow begins my first whole academic year (AY). And I need to make some major changes in me. Face up to my inadequacies with courage and admit them vulnerably without being afraid that I'm disappointing people. I am not Mongolian. They can set expectations but they have no bearing on my sense of self-worth. After all, I am a broken man, a shard of pottery that can hold little water. I am imperfect. That the Almighty wants to use me is already a privilege. He knows that I am imperfect. And His grace is made perfect in my weakness. Less focus on whether I am understanding rightly what they want to do or cultural norms and more focus on whether I am doing what is right in the...