The Next Step

“We do what we have to do so we can do what we want to do”

For the past two weeks between classes and experimenting with new cooking recipes I've watched The Great Debaters about ten times. I’ve watched it for the simple fact that it opens with the quote I placed above.

My peers and I are at a time in our lives when we are constantly being asked what we want to do after we graduate.  Yet many of us forget what we have to do in order to reach and achieve our goals. I am an Urban Flower Child and the world is too fast pace for me. Sometimes I lose sight of what I have to do because I’m too happy in the present and not focusing on the future. 

Recently in one of my classes a peer of mine asked me what my academic goals were. My answer was to be balanced and be at peace. Anthropology thus far has allowed me to do just that. Now as the fall term comes to an end I’m asked to look for the next step. Is the next step graduate school, the Peace Corps, or is it simply a break from it all for a year. I’m not sure, but for the last year I’ve pushed the question to the back of my mind mainly out of fear.

This fear was based on the fact that I simply didn’t know what Life has in store for me. People are always scared of the unknown; I am one of them. I’m working on countering that fear and so far my main solution has been to prepare myself; to do what I HAVE to do and always be prepared for Change.

I plan to graduate within the next year. Typing those words is terrifying, saying them out loud is even worse. Change has a funny way of creeping up on people. It hides clandestine on people’s journey through life. It masks itself in the form of chaos, shock, and destruction. But very often, like for me, it stands very visible in front of people.

Do what you have to do. Prepare for Change.

Peace

Ramble over…