the next revolution of Rebekah's world

I had the chance to visit with my best friend Kathryn and her room mate Kalina on Monday in Abbotsford. I was sharing some of my thoughts about my home church in Abbotsford, and how strange it feels to return and not be recognized by the majority of the people. The vineyard has boomed since we left three or four years ago. My family was part of the original plant, and then helped to reconstruct the church again when it fell apart. Tony and I served there, and have many friends still attending there along with my parents. The thing that was the most strange to me was that, when I was in highschool at MEI, none of my class mates went to the vineyard and I noticed that people who went to the same youth groups hung out together at school so I kinda felt left out. Now when I went back to visit the Vineyard, I saw that a lot of MEI alumni attend there! I commented jokingly to my friends "I was there first!" and Kathryn's, equally joking( I think) response was, "well the world doesn't revolve around you, " and I said "well mine does :)" and that just got me thinking. My world revolves around me just like your's revolves around you. Your world is made up of your experiences and your perspective. The kicker is, if you are not involved in your world and engaging 100% with your environment and the people around you, your world is lacking, along with the worlds of all the people you come into contact with.