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opinion
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lifetime of connections made
In just a few more weeks, graduating seniors will be walking
not only across the stage but walking forward in our lives,
leaving behind semesters of memories and the people we share
them with.
My nostalgia thickens everyday and it's not even over yet.
It's the people who I'm really going to miss. It's funny how
some people leave our lives too early, some leave too late
and some people who should leave, you just can't seem to get
rid of.
The grounds on which people walk in and out of our lives all
boils down to one of three things: a reason, a season or a
lifetime. I was enlightened by this idea in an email I once
received, go figure.
Have you ever had someone come into your life at just the
right moment and you realize you couldn't have done it without
that person? These angels are sent to us for that one extraordinary
reason. Then there are those who stick around for some time
and in the end, you can only be grateful that you even had
that run with them. Yet the greatest gratitude I feel is for
the ones who have seen you morph into all the different shapes
of you that you are, and who will continue to see the growth.
The unconditional, all-weather, through-hell-and-back people:
these are the ones who rightfully earn the abused title of
"friend."
Every individual we come into contact with affects us in some
way. Even if it is in just one way for just one day, it can
be a profound thing.
But just because we may never see these people again doesn't
mean that the connections made have to be severed. The connection
can be sustained within ourselves through preserving what
was learned and continuing to apply these lessons and connect
them to other aspects in our lives.
The wave of goodbyes has already curled and before it crashes,
I hope we all get a chance to share our last moments with
the ones who have created the ripples that touched our lives.
As the spring semester comes to a close, so does a chapter
in all of our lives. But before I turn the page in my book,
I'd like to say thank you to all those characters who have
shared with me a part of you. I'd also like to thank anyone
who didn't turn the opinion page on Wednesdays and allowed
me to share with you a part of me.
Christine Shin was a journalism major at Cal State Long
Beach.
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