Retreat

Okay so the retreat was more than amazing. I have never had so much fun in my entire life. It felt so good to get away from everything and everyone here on long island.

To start off, the car ride up there was awesome. Megan and I ended up getting lost and ending up somewhere in New Jersey. We passed the weirdest town names lik e"Ho Ho Kus" and "Muwhaha" It was hysterical. Upon arriving we settled into the rooms and then went and played some basketball, which i am horrible at. Then we went for a short walk to the pond that was there and then down to the garden with Sister Margarette. Finally everyone arrived and we started the activities from there.

I really have to say, the fire we had later that night was really awesome. I really liked the little prayer bags that we threw into the flames. Everyone that was there really made it awesome, whether it was mike falling and crushing the marshmellows or Aisha scaring everyone half to death. I really liked talking to everyone there and getting to know people more like Jill. We had a lot of fun just talking and hanging out. I also liked how we had to put our cell phones in the basket. It kind of took my mind off the outside world thatwe could not communicate to. That is something I needed very badly so I'm glad they did it.

I was really upset when it was time to leave. Every activity and thing we did up there really made me realize a lot. I realized that I tend to take everything for granted. I learned that I am pretty good at meditating for a long period of time =)! I also learned how good it felt to get away from life for a while. I also never realized how beautiful nature or even New York really was until we were up there. The trees were magnificant and all of the leaves were so colorful and bright; the nature scene was something I fell in love with.

The experience up there was something I will never forget. I am so glad i decided to go on the retreat and I feel bad for the people who were unable to experience this with the rest of the class.

I'll probably post all the pictures tomorrow since I have so many.