I went to the Lakeview, Roselawn and Tiger Flowers cemetery stayed there for at least 40 minutes.

I visited the cemetery this morning after chapel. I was initially supposed to go with a group of people yesterday, but remembered I had a lab during the same hour at the last minute. At first I was not very thrilled about going to a cemetery by myself but I really loved spending my forty minutes there. I enjoyed rereading Whitman's poem in silence while I meditated on his words. Professor Corrigan instructed that the time be " a prayerful event" so I decided to bring my journal with me. I had such an amazing experience reflecting on not only the poetry, but chapel that morning. As I stood before the graves of these people who I had never met, I began thinking about their lives and how they had spent their years while living. The speaker in chapel today encouraged us to "make most of our time on earth-for it is short." This really struck me as I began thinking about my life-what I have done and everything I want to do. The speaker also talked alot about surrendering our life as a whole to Christ. This has been something that I have struggled with recently. I've had to come to terms this past week that I have not been completely giving certain areas of my life to God. It was truly moving to just spend time in God's presence, praying and reflecting on different things.