Today I’m going to start journalling again! What’ve I done today? Precious little….watched some episodes from season 22 of The Simpsons, worked a bit on a computer program (Java), and looked up prices for Maori textbooks. I don’t have much to say for today. I am very happy to announce, however, that this is my last semester in NYU housing!! Anyways, I need to reach or exceed 200 words, and so I will share this poem, written by Sir Francis Drake. **************************
Disturb us, Lord, when
We are too well pleased with ourselves,
When our dreams have come true
Because we have dreamed too little,
When we arrived safely
Because we sailed too close to the shore.
Disturb us, Lord, when
With the abundance of things we possess
We have lost our thirst
For the waters of life;
Having fallen in love with life,
We have ceased to dream of eternity
And in our efforts to build a new earth,
We have allowed our vision
Of the new Heaven to dim.
Disturb us, Lord, to dare more boldly,
To venture on wider seas
Where storms will show your mastery;
Where losing sight of land,
We shall find the stars.
We ask You to push back
The horizons of our hopes;
And to push into the future
In strength, courage, hope, and love.
