Students Choosing 1. Journeys and Stories

One thing I thought was really cool that I wanted to share was how in life we are all searching for some type of belonging, something that makes us feel whole and alive. To some that may look like having the right soul mate. After having a strong desire for the opposite sex we tend to believe this concept that once we get them everything will feel right and all of our constant desires will go away. John Eldredge calls this the theory of the “Golden Haired Girl” in his book, Wild at Heart. We fall for this false truth that once we are able to get that one thing we desire more than anything else we will feel content. Others may see that as finding their fit on campus whether that is seeking a good group of friends or even a fraternity or sorority. We start to think to ourselves that if we just had a place to fit in, a community to call our own, everything else that we want won’t matter as much anymore because we feel like we have a this sense of belonging. We become so wrapped up in these “communities” that we let them take over our identities and we start to find our identity in them. In John, Jesus says that “I am the way, the truth, and the life” yet even then we still look passed that and strive for something on this earth that can bring us a sensational feeling of life. What I love about this class is how much we are learning about stories, journeys, etc. It has made me think that we truly are all on our own specific journey in life and our stories are never-ending. When I think of the concept of a journey I sort of think of a story as well… as if both parallel one another. There is a start and finish and usually a plot/reason to why we are on a specific journey in our life. I have really been able to better understand the concept of both a journey and a story and have been able to realize how important it is to figure out where we are on our own specific journey. More importantly, to what that journey is leading towards. That is something I will continue to think about but am very thankful that this class has given me more insight to all of that.