Sometimes I get so stressed out with school. In these times I trick myself into believing its been three dark years of nothing but stress that won't even get me a job in the end. It's times like this when I need a list of all the poetic parts of my university experience that have made it worthwhile.
I guess I'm sharing this to inspire you to remind yourself of the poetic aspects of your own life!
1.Intense conversations on the bridge about death with almost strangers.
2.I met my kindred spirit. We have gone from strangers on the stairs, to being unable to separate in the link, sliding down the bannister, spontaneous picnics, long hikes around campus, studying on the river steps, to sleepovers, weekly lunches or dinners, barefoot pasta picnics, walks that end at black honey, and always being there for the other when needed. However, so many things still haven't changed. We still cry together, and "Let Saturday go," and have late night life talks in each other's bedroom like homework doesn't exist.
3.A Beautiful church community.
4.Making other fascinating and fabulous friends.
5. Learning how to grow up and the importance of interdependence.
6. Learning what I believe, and growing in my understanding of the things I already believed.
7. Learning how to disagree in a good way.
8. Learning about the past and the present.
9. Learning to write more clearly.
10. Going to one sweet folk concert.
11.Discovering Food Not Bombs and talking about Jesus with stranger's while doing dishes with them in somebody else's kitchen.
12.River walking with Cheryl.
13. An abundance of poetic coffee shops.
14. Islands.
15.Summer time adventures in places I never would have heard of if I didn't come here and meet the people I did.
16. Amazing opportunities working and volunteering with children!
17. Literacy advocacy!
18. A class that became family who I cried with, had amazing conversations, played board games, went to the zoo, had picnics, or campfires, and went hiking in the woods.
19. One of the most poetic winter vacations ever. (Making art out of plates broken by laughter, scary ski lifts, and snow shoeing).
20. Getting to literally be a clown!
21. Learning how to canoe.
22. Coolest hillside view ever.
23.A variety of introspective classes that let me draw pictures, journal, reflect on my own experiences and beliefs, and even write, read and listen to poetry.
24. Paint-a-thon for charity.
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