This week we took a trip out to the track and stood on the 17th yard line and took some time to reflect on our life. As I stood there seventeen dashes away from the end-zone I put my life in perspective. Currently it seems like going to the perfect college is the ultimate goal, yet as I stood on the football field I realized that college is not even half of my life. Rather it is a landmark, for the rest of your life. It is the first step toward independence and there are many things to look forward to after college. However, being a senior, it is hard to imagine life after college, for the past four years we have been working for the moment when we do venture off into the next stage of life. Humans life expectancy is 78 so even though senior year may feel like your reaching your peak, we still have about 60 more years to go.
This week we began reading Siddartha, which is a novel that we can all relate to in one way or another. Siddartha grew up in a sheltered world and at one point in his life he decided he wanted to experience the world and achieve Nirvana. Siddartha left his parents and began his journey. I can relate to Siddartha because next year I will be leaving my parents and despite where they want me to go to college, I am going to go where I want.
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