Awake My Soul

Awake, my soul--for you were meant to meet your Maker.
--Mumford and Sons

This morning, I went on my first run around the castle grounds and a little ways into the town of Vajta. I don't think there are words to express how breathtakingly, incredibly, awesomely beautiful it was. Last night, it was stormy and thundering and lightninging, but when my roommate Tiffany and our friend Karen and I went out this morning, the sun was just breaking through the clouds and the castle grounds were still and quiet. As we ran, the soft light reflected off the tiny dew drops on the grass and the trees, and the stones shifted beneath our feet. I was awe-struck--tears literally began to fall down my cheeks as I smiled and expressed for what must have been the 100th time since arriving here, "I can't BELIEVE we live in a CASTLE!!! What the HECK!"

The words that kept repeating in my head as I ran were, "Awake, my soul--for you were meant to meet your Maker." I think I just saw my Maker a little more clearly :)