STILL LEARNING

Whoever said, "Growing up is hard to do," hit the nail on the head.

For the past several months I have been dealing with an evolving personal relationship. While this blog is a venue for all things sorority, I do think this particular issue falls into that category. 

The other night, I was watching a TEDTalk and the speaker asked the audience, "Who likes surprises?" The camera panned around and you hear a few people sound off in agreement. The speaker then said, "You are all liars. You all like good surprises." I laughed.

While I do think that change is good and completely necessary, it is often hard to accept change. This goes for most things. For example, I have known for several months now that I would be getting a new job and moving at the end of the school year. That is a change I can accept because I have been mentally prepared. It is the sudden change... the surprises... that gets me. 

This personal relationship has been my number one, my priority, my go-to for the past several years. Things happen, people grow apart (no, this isn't about a breakup) and you have to learn to accept them. I feel that this is something that can be talked about here because we all have that someone in our sorority and life that is our go-to person. Unexpectedly, something changes and it feels like they have been ripped out of our lives. It is one lesson that I know I am learning from my sorority even though I'm an alumna now.

It is funny to see how your sorority lessons still continue today. I never would have expected to still be learning things from my sorority merely due to the fact that I'm not active anymore. But there is always going to be a surprise and a lesson to be learned.