1. 2 years ago 

   My Thanksgiving Thanks

   Chapters close as new entries are jotted down in our growing autobiographies. It raises the question to you the reader: Would anyone waste their time with it?

   What gives your life interest and piques the curiosity of an anonymous denizen? In our blended lives, what persuades you to reject conformity and establish your own niche? We all need a mix of something original in our daily recipe. Its a subconscious question we task ourselves with in the pursuit of our own identity.

   When that particular opportunity presents itself that will give you the excitement you secretly yearn for, thoughts start to conflict within. Timing, scheduling, commitment, preparedness, whatever the turmoil that holds you back from accepting a new opportunity. There came that moment in my life where I stopped thinking about how hard it would be, and shifted my state of mind to how much I can take from it.

   Fraternities have so many stereotypes associated with them, a lot of them negative, and the good majority of people you talk to that share those biases experience the negative externalities associated with the byproduct of celebration. Parties, parties, parties. However, I decided to pledge a very particular Fraternity with a very large focus on the ideals I held within myself. Not your typical Old School frat boy organization.

   This fraternity is a Professional Business Fraternity with a unique balance that I thought I alone shared(little did I know my small window of perspectives was very small indeed.) The ability to maintain a diligence and determination towards your goals with a mannerism of respect and professional characteristics, be it career based or otherwise, and the ability to maintain this social “brotherhood” atmosphere, maintaining this separation circumstantially, with a link bringing everyone together. Uplifting each other with the utmost support and mutual respect, I am amazed at the strength of it all.

   This past semester has been the most stressful challenging semester thus far. But alongside, it has also been the most rewarding, the most fun. The challenges I was presented with, never in a thousand years would I have imagined I would take on of my own accord. This brotherhood has taught me so much more than menial tasks and accomplishments, its taught me the value of accomplishment, of the potential within each person to excel and pursue the extent of their dreams. I’ve learned so much about myself and the people I’ve come to grow so close to. Minus the cliches and trivial quips, these people will be my friends, my family, for life. I owe you all a lot. And I’ll spend the rest of my life giving back. There’s nothing I’d want more.

   Thanks all. Here’s to life. You have my thanks.

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