November 2nd Friday: Rock Climbing

Rock climbing is a lot like life. Sometimes you stumble and fall backwards, but you always have a crowd of people cheering you on; you just have to listen for them. On November 11th, 9 young people from our parish went to Prairie Walls Climbing Gym. For two hours we climbed up the rock walls and repelled back down. I think it was a way for all of us to bring out some of the qualities that we didn't know we had. Some of us could make it to the top in no time, others took twenty minuets for one wall. But the cool part was that everyone got to the top of at least one wall. There were times we had to help each other find the right rocks to step on or grab a hold of; other times all we had to do was say "good job" or "keep going". It was hard to see how close you were to the top and having that one person remind you of how little you had to go was extremely reassuring. It's weird to think that a leisurely activity can teach us the value of having someone there to keep you going. But then again, God works in miraculous ways; He can teach us things in ways we would never expect Him to, we just have to keep ourselves open for opportunities that just might show up in unexpected activities.

-Anonymous