Serenity

Okay, so the other day was quite an emotional day. But I'm alright now. After all - I hadn't really expected to ever be a hearing person again. It was just difficult hearing from a specialist that this was the case. But I'm alright.

Life has a tendency to throw things at you, and if you don't adapt or roll with it, you'll end up being pretty miserable. You know what springs to mind? The serenity prayer.

God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.

Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
Taking, as He did, this sinful world
as it is, not as I would have it;
Trusting that He will make all things right
if I surrender to His Will;
That I may be reasonably happy in this life
and supremely happy with Him
Forever in the next.
Amen.

So, I'm doing good.

I was at a social last night, for the students at the church that I've just started going to. It was a really fun night. There were a few occasions where I couldn't hear what was going on - especially at the beginning where I was talking to a woman opposite me, while the guy next to me was talking to a guy across from me. Everything was just one loud noise, I couldn't make out anything.

But I've realised that that's okay. Instead of trying to catch every single word that is spoken, I've realised that as long as I get the gist of things, that's fine. After all, I'm no longer hearing. I'm deaf, I'm going to miss some things. Unless what I've missed is vital to the conversation, there's no point dwelling on it.

And it really was a fun night, and when I didn't catch something, I either asked someone to repeat what was said, or moved on. It was a really good night.

In other news, I was quite excited the other day. I picked up Diva, a monthly magazine, and was pleasently surprised to discover that a letter I had written to them was printed in the 'Your Shout' section at the beginning. If you recall, I wrote here that I was thrilled to see that they had written a piece about a deaf song signer (blog entry here).

I wrote in to express how pleased I was to see that article, and they printed my letter. Not a big deal, I know, but still, it's quite cool to see my letter there!

Deaf Girl