Knowing our strengths and weaknesses is very important as we make our way through the world of academia. It is through this understanding of who we are that we are able to determine how late we can stay up at night (and still be able to jump out of bed as soon as the alarm buzzer sounds off), how many hours of study or tutoring we may require for our classes and many other things we deal with on a daily basis.
It is also good (as I have learned) to take a minute and thank those around us that help us each day. Think of how many times we are helped either by our professors, administrative staff members or our fellow students and we just accept that they have helped us and then we move along without showing any signs of gratitude.
I can’t imagine that it feels good to help someone and then realize that one is being taken for granted.
We don’t bother to consider the feelings of those around us and that adds to the sense of apathy that is cemented within our university community.
So why am I rambling on about this? The answer is simple, I realized that I am one of those students that has been guilty of taking people for granted and that I do not thank those that help me as often as I should.
I was made ever so aware of this at the last Student Government (SG) meeting when a member of the representative body took a moment to thank me for criticizing the organization in the last issue. I was taken back by her humbleness and realized that very moment that she, like the other members of the SG, is here volunteering precious time to help me (and every student on campus).
I have to take a moment and recognize SG for pulling together after the resignation of our student body president and challenging themselves to make several changes to make the SG, with end results of more efficiently serving the student body.
Thank you SG.
I am not saying that I will never again write about SG, I am just taking a moment to recognize something that was of importance to me.
Everyday is a new opportunity to better ourselves and the environment that surrounds us. None of us are perfect and realizing that is the best way to start of the day; knowing all too well that we are bound to make some (or a lot) of mistakes as the sun makes its way across the sky.
These are my thoughts, let’s here yours. Write to me:
bridgeeditor@tamiu.edu
“”With our eyes fixed on the future, but recognizing the realities of today, we will achieve our destiny to be as a shining city on a hill for all mankind to see.”~ Ronald Reagon (40th President of the U.S.)