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I like a moment in For Better or For Worse which goes roughly as follows:
[In heavy sleet, the father of the family hails a cab.]
Father: What a miserable day!
Cab driver: Actually, to me it is a very good day.
Father: What do you mean?
Cab driver: I am from Sudan. I have seen my friends shot and killed. I have a wife whom I have not seen in two years, and a son whom I have never seen. But each day brings a little money and leaves me that much closer to bringing my wife and child to America.
[The father looks thoughtful as he pays the cab driver.]
[In the next frame, he steps into his house.]
Mother: What a miserable day!
Father [placing an arm around his wife and their little girl]: Actually, to me it is a very good day.
Learning to be Orthodox has been humbling, and there have been some difficult things. However, I have many positives to look on. A few of them are:
I completed my master's in theology at Cambridge.
I've been invited to train for a teaching job; if all goes well, I'll be able to get some good experience teaching.
I've been accepted for a doctoral theology program at the Graduate Theological Union this fall, and may have other options as well.
I've had the opportunity to face some of my faults and get a better understanding of what it means to be Orthodox.
I've had the opportunity to make a number of small improvements to my website so it's more polished as a website.
I have many reasons for joy.
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