Wholly-Inspired
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I make sense of my life, the lives of others, and this world, through stories. From my perspective, it is our stories that give meaning to our life experiences, form our identity, and create the lens through which we interpret our relationships and the world around us. And, it is the collection of our stories that connects us to one another in the over-archingnarrative of human existence in this world. We are all connected to one another through the stories of our existence. Ideally we are the authors of our own stories, free to imagine and experience what it means to be free and fully human. With that, however, comes great personal, global, and ecological responsibilities because there are so many communities in this world where our fellow humans have no freedom, no voice, and live in fear of the very stories that oppress them. I have a fun story, an interesting one, and what is most fun is how God created me and revealed himself to me through some of the most unsuspecting ways, to make me the person that I am today. In me, there is intense passion & tremendous curiosity as well as determined commitment to live fully into that passion and curiosity. I am a bit of a paradox at times, but only in the most intriguing ways. Underlying all that I am; however, is a deep desire for transcendence, a deep desire to live into the present reality of God's Kingdom, to live in community, and to share common goals of love and compassion for the least, the last and the lost, to live a wholistic existence in light of who God is and what He is doing in this world. Currently, I am unemployed (thought employable as an MFT), with child (due in mid-July), and working on a dual doctorate. Yes, folks, in less than four years I will be Doctor, Doctor Melissa. I'm working towards a PhD in Psychology, concentrating in Social Transformation and an eJD in specialized Health Law. I'm in the midst of my own story, an adventurous one, in which everyday I hope to choose to passionately pursue the fullness of life and my purpose.
"Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for any reason, turn her back on life."
Eleanor Roosevelt
Mother Teresa
"Justice can not be for one side alone, but must be for both."
Eleanor Roosevelt
"The means that we use must be as
pure as the ends we seek"
MLK, Jr.
Mahatma Gandhi
