Today was the Asian & Asian American Welcome Reception. It was an array of nearly all the Asian American interests group on campus ranging from performing arts groups, cultural groups, humanitarian aid groups and even religious groups, in an effort to engage and plug in as many freshmen as possible. CBS took up a booth between the KDPhi sorority and the Lambda Phi Epsilon fraternity near the front of the Balch courtyard where the event took place. To be honest I felt a little out of place. My name tag sported a ’09 in a sea of ’12′s, ’13′s and ’14′s . I was tempted to run to the registrar, drop out of grad school and move on from Cornell like everyone else.
My own insecurities aside I was reminded of the immense importance of these college years. Boys becoming men, girls becoming women. Students don’t just choose a career path for life, they choose a meaning for life. Cosmically important events are taking place in the dorm rooms and apartments on this campus. Whole lives are setting sail for some distant shore of rumored peace and prosperity. They’ll never find it. It doesn’t exist. The true shore is somewhere else and can be reach only if one sails from another harbor all together. Jesus is the true shore and now is the time to reach them, while they are still at dock, loading up on knowledge and purpose. There are few more strategic places to impact the world for Jesus than the campus. I’m glad I’m here. I’m reminded why God let me stay. Enough said, we have to get to work.
sigh. and i am ’10
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