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awww home sweet home... i felt like such a brat this week. i loved being in Washington DC and NYC... the sights were breathtaking... and yet, the entire time, i just wanted to be at home, spending time with my friends... the friends that i know i won't get to see hardly at all begining in 4 months... i feel so ungrateful.
although, seeing the memorials in DC really put things into perspective. the Korean War memorial was so eerie. a forest of statues, the soldiers all had this look of panic, terror... and all of their faces were so young. but the memorial that struck me the most was the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. you read about the number of people who died in the war and think its incredible. but never had the enormity of the number of deaths from that war ever strike me as fierce as when we walked along that wall. name after name after name. seeing 54,000 names, not just a number, made it personal... and it was staggering.
seeing the World Trade Center site had almost the same effect. not so much the number of people killed, but the fact that it happened in our life time. its humbling really. we live in a world where terror can strike at any moment, and i'm worried about the fact that i don't get to see my friends over spring break? its shameful...
so i'm putting my life into perspective... and trying to enjoy it more... enjoy what i HAVE more than what i WANT... and i'm making decisions and plans and striving to get to those goals... like i think i've decided that pepperdine is where i really and truly want to be... and i want to be more to people... i want to MEAN more to people... and be a listener... really hear and understand what people say... that's my new goal.
although, seeing the memorials in DC really put things into perspective. the Korean War memorial was so eerie. a forest of statues, the soldiers all had this look of panic, terror... and all of their faces were so young. but the memorial that struck me the most was the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. you read about the number of people who died in the war and think its incredible. but never had the enormity of the number of deaths from that war ever strike me as fierce as when we walked along that wall. name after name after name. seeing 54,000 names, not just a number, made it personal... and it was staggering.
seeing the World Trade Center site had almost the same effect. not so much the number of people killed, but the fact that it happened in our life time. its humbling really. we live in a world where terror can strike at any moment, and i'm worried about the fact that i don't get to see my friends over spring break? its shameful...
so i'm putting my life into perspective... and trying to enjoy it more... enjoy what i HAVE more than what i WANT... and i'm making decisions and plans and striving to get to those goals... like i think i've decided that pepperdine is where i really and truly want to be... and i want to be more to people... i want to MEAN more to people... and be a listener... really hear and understand what people say... that's my new goal.