Personal Reflection

1. Based on my understanding of my spiritual pathway, what are one or two activities I need to engage in regularly to stay connected with God? How will I incorporate these activities into the rhythm of my life?
- My spiritual pathway has more depth into NATURE/CREATION. In this pathway, I connect with God through my senses, experiences different facets of God's character in His creation, and my soul is replensihed by being in nature. I somewhat agree to this. I do love nature and feel happy when I see beautiful sunset, sky, etc. To build up my strengths, I should basically do more sports activities outside in parks, hang around with people more outside, and maybe taking a trip to view many different kinds of nature. If I do these things, I personally think that these will help with the rhythm of my life in many ways. First of all, doing sports activities outside and exercising allows you to have a organized schedule in your one day life, and it also helps you to stay healthy through continuous exercise. Also, since I feel peaceful and happy when I see the beauty of nature, it would be really helpful to take more time and activities outside because I would be able to exert out my stresses and relax. This will have great impact on the way I connect with God AND help myself organized.

2. In what ways can I stretch myself to experience God in new ways?
- There are many ways to stretch myself to experience God. One of my favorite things is to pray. It works best for me anywhere, anytime, and in any situation. All you need to do is to just pray. This skill is very simple for many people are able to do this "praying". Another thing I think that is a good way to stretch myself to God is to follow His words, instructions, and rules. God's Ten Commandments, instructions like in Psalms, and the way He speaks to you in a indirect way are good things that you can always follow and be satisfied with. Most of the rules and commandments are from the Bible, (Reading the Bible and finding out more things about God and Jesus will be also a good way to connect with God) and most of these things would seem pretty much the right thing to do. For instance, respecting your parents, this seems pretty obvious that we should definitely do it no matter what since they were the ones who gave birth to you. Even in many cultures, they respect this idea. I really think I need to stretch out more and connect with God.