The profundity of this year was unremarkable. The twists and turns, the ups and downs. It was truly a roller coaster of life & I'm glad to have finally gotten off of it. I'm back on solid ground and as happy as can be. A year ago I was a person who was practically unable to accept change, but a year later, so much has changed. It started with Argentina. What an incredible trip, and although it sounds cliche, it was the time of my life. To be exploring a new country with friends by my side, and being able to speak spanish everyday was just so valuable that I cannot put it all into words. I learned so much about myself while abroad, and so much about the world around me.
I am glad to be off the twisty-turny roller coaster of life, but the truth is, life is in a lot of senses, quite the roller coaster ride. I like to think that the true test of one's character is the way one acts in the face of adversity.
I for one would not hesitate to measure my own character in that way. As I start to write a new chapter in my life, it is amazing to me to reflect on all that I have come in contact with in the last three years of college. The narcissism amidst the plentiful amount of altruism was shocking. I find it hard to completely understand how people could flip-flop from one to the other so quickly. As Aristotle would say, Virtue is the mean between two extremes...and what is more is that he would say virtue is habituated from a very young age.
more later..
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