The UnSpoken Word
by UMES Senior Vicente Hernandez
On Top Of The Mountain: Now What?
It's that time of the year again. Squirrels are finishing up storing their nuts, birds start heading south, and winter graduates get ready for the real world. Yup thats right folks graduation time is almost here. We've almost reached the top of this mountain called education. Yet, I feel like we've underestimated what's really going on around us. Like in the real world once a person reaches the top of let's say Mt. Everest they are overly excited. Yet, does anyone ever consider what happens next.
Picture this, your standing at the top of the mountain looking on unto the beauty of the world. You love every second, but you don't go and build a house spending the rest of your days there. You pack up and start your trail back down. We never think about what's next. All a person ever considers is what steps are needed to be at the top of what ever their doing. Even more frequently we lose focus on why we are climbing our "mountains" anyway.
Lets take this graduation thing again. Can you say you honestly want to graduate to learn all you can learn or because this is what the world asks of you? Granted this indeed is a requirement for a lot of great jobs, but a better motive is needed.
We can't expect to move forward expecting great futures if we didn't put any effort in these small steps we have in front of us. That also falls in line with planning. It's time to grasp the concept that yes, we are going to get out of college one of these days, gain skills to succeed, and encounter experiences that will set us on our glorious paths. But if we haven't planned for what happens next or a have an idea what we want to do, we've wasted time.
We can't expect to move forward expecting great futures if we didn't put any effort in these small steps we have in front of us. That also falls in line with planning. It's time to grasp the concept that yes, we are going to get out of college one of these days, gain skills to succeed, and encounter experiences that will set us on our glorious paths. But if we haven't planned for what happens next or a have an idea what we want to do, we've wasted time.
I don't know about you, but I would want all the hard, lets just say time, to be considered more than just a wish or wasted existence. We all have a purpose in this life. So lets do what is needed to be ready when it knocks at out door.
Be blessed,
Vicente Hernandez
UMES Family!
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