Tuesday, April 26, 2005

done and done

tonight several of my good friends graduated from regent college. good stuff - definitely an occasion to be celebrated ... and mourned a little bit. celebrated because it it quite an accomplishment, and good to acknowledge a significant period of life that involved a lot of growth and challenge. mourned because, it is an ending, a loss as everyone moves on to a new life and set of circumstances. such is life - a lot of joy and sadness mixed in together. it continues to surprise me how i can simultaneously feel these emotions, and at how life can be so simple an so complex at the same time.

some moments can be blissfully simple - friends gathering around a table to drink beer, eat nachos, laugh and enjoy each others company - doesn't get much better than that for me. and other relationship so complex, like in how to communicate - really communicate with each other - and walk alongside each other as we all grow and change, as we butt heads and annoy and hurt each other. and somehow in the messiness of that friendships grow and become richer too.

perhaps i'm just being sappy and thoughtful because i've had good bit of beer. but that would just be making excuses - i really can be quite sappy whatever state i'm in.

so here's to regent college class of 2005 - good friends, good laughs, good times. glad to be friends with them. best of luck. (i don't know why i wrote that. none of them check this blog, but what the hell)

it also boggles my mind that i will be in their position on the graduation stage next year. between now and this time next year, i will have written a thesis? damn.

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