As I scroll through
all my social media this week and last week it is filled with (other than the
ice bucket challenge) pictures of friends showing off their new dorm rooms and
starting a new adventure at their new school. I remember saying by to my friends
last year before I headed off to my freshman year thinking how weird it was to
not see them every day passing thorugh the same halls as me.
I’ve had to say
goodbyes so many times moving so much but going to college are a little
different. You’re not just moving to a new town with your family, you’re moving
to a new town, a new school, all.by.yourself. It’s weird to wrap your head around that life
from this point out will probably never be the same. Not only is it terrifying
but it can be sad. I am not one for change so it’s a scary thought to think
that your relationships with all your friends from with high school might
change. And a lot of times it’s ineveatble. It was hard for me to understand
that a lot of people change in college so the people I was friends with in high
school I might not say friends with forever, and it’s okay.
It’s natural to grow
apart. College is a time to figure out who you really are and for a lot of
people this means that they change a lot. As hard as you try to text and make
time for friends at other schools, it’s a challenging task. And not only is it
challenging, it takes effort from both ends. It was hard for me to grasp that I
might not be as close with my high school friends forever.
It’s hard imagine
coming home and it being just like it was only 8 short months ago. But
strangley, in those 8 months not only will you have changed, everyone else will
have changed.
I found this quote
Azar Nafisi that really epimizes everything I’m saying.
“You get a strange feeling when you’re about to leave a place like
you’ll not only miss the people you love but you’ll miss the person you are now
at this time and this place, because you’ll never be this way again”
As I went home this
summer and visited my old high school, as well as the old base I spent 3 years
at it was sad to realize that I would never be able to go back to life like it
was at one time living there. I missed some of the memories I had at these
special places. But I have to constantly remind myself that change can be good.
Change can open up
new door ways and lead you down new adventures.
It’s hard to walk
away from a place you’ve made so many great memories but maybe it’s time to
make new memories at a new place. As I dive into my sophomore year at college
and would love to think that I’ll be friends with all the same people I was freshman
year is silly. I know that I will stay friends with many of them but I’ll also
make so many new frineds!
So as everyone is
moving into new dorms and new colleges, or just a new school year like me, keep
in mind that change can be a good thing.
No comments