Reflection on the Rhythms project

Going into this project I was soo excited. I wanted to follow after Mark 10:45 and serve others. I wanted to humble myself and also follow 1 Peter 5:6 which says "Be humble under God's powerful hand so he will lift you up when the right time comes." I was praying that through this project I would have a stronger relationship with God and that I would WANT to serve others. I wanted to keep an open heart and open ears so that I could hear what God was trying to tell me. I wanted to be a blessing to others and become vulnerable and open up to them through the process. I knew it would get stressful and hard sometimes but I was prepared. Now here I am after this project and I feel like I have grown so much. My eyes have been opened and I know what God had been trying to tell me. One of the main things through this topic that I learned was that people want to be heard! And it seems like we have increased our ability to escelate our voices and adjust the volume on listening to our friends. We communicate in two sentences or less now. We have become so selfish. We want everyone to hear us, but we want to control the amount of listening we take in. I learned that I need to become such a better listener, not reader, not another social network follower, but a listener. The world has been lieing to me by telling me that my voice needs to be heard and it has reduced my listening skills. I need to go listen. Let people finish their sentences... share their hearts... and feel like they have been heard! I have LOVED this project and it has taught me soo much and things that I want to continue doing. I feel like I have grown spiritually, which was my overall goal for this whole process!