WE DID IT=)
With clouds rolled back and no threatening sign of rain, you can see them coming a mile away. Feel the heightened excitement surfacing throughout the air. Celestial sounds of a musical fanfare preceded by a rhythmic march of educators usher in a swarm of lively and chattering graduates; today marks one of the five greatest moments of an individual’s life. Aristotle said it best when he coined the phrase, “education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.” Having sat through an elaborate speech lacking in brevity, sanguine words from an emotive commencement address linger in my mind. Finally, my aspirations and goals seem to be on the cusp of discovery.
As time runs short, I twitch relentlessly in my seat to reclaim the feeling in my left leg which has faltered amid the fact that everyone in my row has lined up for the conferral of undergraduate degrees. Apparently its entered my subconscious, with a reiteration from last night’s dream that the time is now or never. As convoluted as American Politics, my mind circles insistently over meaningless information. No fleeting second to ponder what I could have, or should have done better. Nevertheless, I can only affix my eyes on the future, and work to advance in my vocational calling.
With my mind in disarray and a surplus of formidable, unanswered questions, I reach for the most costly piece of paper my hands have ever touched. Then instantaneously, accomplishment and uncertainty join together in unlikely matrimony. The rush is over, and I retreat to my seat. As I take a moment to examine the graduating class, I am surrounded by overzealous individuals with blank slates, all hoping the same thing: that we find what we love to do early in life. Alas four years has passed, the detritus of a chapter now closed. Even still, there is beauty in knowing that learning remains an evolving process. Who am I, beyond the scope of the classroom? In summary, I am a singular entity ready to leave my mark on society.
Farewell, Messiah College…thanks for the journey!
