Out and On

I have come to this strange feeling of paralysis since graduation. In the short few days since receiving my diploma holder, I just haven't really known what to do with myself. I have become so used to constantly moving and doing that even these brief periods at home feel somehow strange and unsettling, as I suddenly have time to think and reflect again.

It is becoming real that I will be leaving in a short two months. Seeing friends and family again brings to mind that for some already, this will be the last time that I will see them for quite a long time again. While I have said goodbye before, something that I'm realizing is that separation produces the same sharp realizations each time one occurs.

I am leaving tomorrow for my uncle's place on White Potato Lake. I'll be seeing my cousin Matt for the last time before he deploys for Iraq. I almost bring myself to say that I have feelings of sadness and regret at this moment - then I look back on the times that we have shared, and will share for many years to come, with only happiness and joy.

There is a lot of moving on to be done soon. Most of it just moving elsewhere. Being reminded of the past solidifies the present, yet too much reflection distracts from the change of the future.

Keep the good times rollin'

Chapters upon chapters, books closing and finding new ones to open. That has been the story of my college career. Friends, classes, exams, countries, organizations, life mission somehow captured in the multiple facets of a single one of these. Here's to AIESEC - Madison, US, Morocco, and to the future AIESEC Oman. Some doors that have been opened never appeared to have been done so intentionally, and sometimes those are the most rewarding.

Thany you, Merci, Gracias, Shokran....