So here it is. Graduation.
I'm less than two weeks away from the end of my educational career as I know it.
I've never lived without school as a part of my life, and I'll be honest, I'm quite nervous.
My life has done a complete 180* turn in the past few months, and I'm not quite sure what to do with it. I am happier than I've ever been, and more scared than I've ever been, and the combination of the two is overwhelming to say the least.
So who am I now in comparison to who I was and who I've been?
I went into Southwestern naive, Conservative, strong in my faith in Jesus Christ, passionate about fulfilling the Great Commission to the unreached people groups of the world. I believed in Scripture and George Bush, and the liberal way of thinking at SU scared me. Everyday I was challenged in what I thought and why I thought it. I surrounded myself with Christian influences and kept in constant touch with my friends from high school. My goal at SU was to find my identity in Christ and my purpose in life. I was convinced that I wanted to be a Political Science major, so that I could intern at the Capitol. I thought that love was easy, and ran away from anything that caused me pain.
Now, I'm a believer in equality, passionate about social justice, and convinced that these ideologies are embedded in the words of Jesus Christ. I believe in love, and I am afraid that the majority of Christians don't even know how to love each other. I have since floated away from many of the Christian influences that I once surrounded myself with only to find a solid community of intellectual journeymen that includes Christians and non-Christians alike. I am a Sociology major and Spanish minor with my eyes and heart focused on Latin America. Now, I'm learning that love can be difficult, but I know not to run away, and that it's worth it to stay.
I've grown and transformed, but I am still pursuing life, love, and adventure because it's who I am, who I've always been, and who I'm meant to be.
Now...how to make money?
