To become

Henry David Thoreau said , “If you have built castles in the air, your work need not to be lost, that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them” Being a first year arts student I am constantly surrounded by people who aren’t too sure about where they are going and what they want to be, including myself. Some of us have passions, but we aren’t sure what to do with them. Others have dreams that they aren’t sure they will ever be able to accomplish, and some are just too afraid to pursue anything worthwhile. A lot of us just seem stuck, suspended within an indefinite period of time. Unfortunately some people will stay stuck, drop out, and never become what they want to be. Like Thoreau said, If you have dreams then follow them. Who cares if they are not realistic goals, who is to judge what is real and what is not. Some of the world’s greatest achievers came from the humblest of beginnings. I see students everyday who care about the world and where it is going, but I’m afraid the passion will not last. We need to stop talking and to start acting. We need to stop focusing on who we are and instead of focus on what we aspire to be. Learn from the past, achieve in the present and live for the future. It’s about time we look at the big picture, and although it’s not easy, we need to construct it one piece at a time.

There. I told Mike I was going to make the first serious post on our blog and I did it.

~James Vincent