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Exploring Vocation - Meeting the Bishop

Hi everyone, a few weeks ago I had the privilege of having a casual meeting with my sponsoring bishop regarding my vocation and calling. We discussed my time line of faith, what the good news is, what the role of a priest is, what I envision as being important within the Church and what I am to expect in the coming months. Timelines, past, present... Perhaps not future thouvh He was impressed with my time line, though noted I had a tendency to refer to how I had left things behind, using negative terminology and suggested I put a more positive spin on it all. Rather than saying 'I went from this church to that because I didn't like this' I should phrase it more like 'after having my faith shaken at 16 I decided to explore different denominations within my faith as well as other faiths until I realised that there really was only anglicanism for me.' which sounds much better. Pray tell?  I gave a 5 minute ramble, as I am want to do (this blog is called...