Only a Tuesday

Well today was just like yesterday. Nothing too crazy. Went to the library, went to class.. Same ole, same ole. At one point when we were in the library, one of the malvern boys' Spanish guys came down to talk to us. His name's Guillermo (he's 18) and we all think he's pretty interesting so we told him to give us advice on life. From what he's told Brendan, he's had a pretty tough life and that's how he started his little story, if you will. He meantioned having a tough life, but he had found a more positive way to look at it. In understandable, but slightly (very, very slightly) broken English, Guillermo began to tell us a story his dad told him. It was more of a metaphor.. He started it out by saying that life is like a blacksmith and all of the things that went into making a sword. God is that blacksmith and we, each person, is their own sword coming into form. To be made into a better sword, the sheet of metal gets hammered repeatedly. Guillermo told us that his father said that each time we, our own sword, gets hammered, we are getting hit by a bad time; however, we need to be hammered to be made into the best sword we can be. Because of this, we need to understand that while each hammer hurts us, it is only helping us in the long run. It was a really inspirational story coming from him after knowing a couple of the things he's been through. I've never heard anything explained that way before. I figured it was an appropriate story to share with all of you for two reasons. 1- I have nothing else interesting to say about today and 2- I didn't think anyone would have heard that metaphor before. I really liked it. So I guess instead of being funny or entertaining, today's post is more thought provoking. I think the only thing that Guillermo's dad was missing from that story would be all of the good times that also form you into that amazing sword. I don't know what that could be in reference to the metaphor, but I do know that whatever it is, I'd have to consider coming here one of those great experiences forming my own sword. Cheesy, but hey. It's true! Anyway, tomorrow we're getting a tour of the tourist part of the monastery. Hopefully I'll have something better to blog about then. Night, readers!