I don’t mean to come off in a tone that parallels your parents’ underlying message of the “get involved†slogan, but I am writing to advocate for your immersion into the world around you.
As students or community members to the Ann Arbor society, we have a ridiculous amount of lectures, meetings, activities, and performances at our exposure.
I feel as if this message hits a nerve within people that forces them to act. An acting society is a better society. The achievements that have occurred on this campus and around the area are effects from individual actions. The hardest part of doing is finding what interests you so that you feel good about your contributions to society and are not simply going through the motions. People spend their entire lives searching for their passion(s). Kudos to those who have searched and rescued them.
For those of you out there still searching, no worries! You’re a blank canvas, who still has the liberty to decorate your clean slate however you prefer. So what must you do to find your passion? How are you going to fit into this world, community and pod?
The answer lies in the resources that surround you.
You are walking in a nourishing environment with people who have found what they love and are acting upon it. They are restaurant owners, Professors, Jazz artists, stay at home Mom’s and Dad’s, who are ordinary citizens just like your. They have found their niche, have tending to it, and through their independent actions have subsequently affected societies fluidity.
I challenge you to follow their example by going to talks on campus or making yourself trek through the snow to an event that intrigues you. You never know what opportunity might come of it, and maybe you’ll even find your calling.
Have a good weekend!
Sara Majors in Art History and enjoys long walks
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