| | “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven…a time to plant and a time to uproot”
~ Ecclesiastes 3:1,2
Here I go, uprooting again. I graduated from college yesterday. It’s as if a culmination of 4.5 years came down to Monday, December 15th, 2008 at the 2pm Commencement Ceremony.
“Do you have any regrets?” Yes, a few, but nothing I haven’t learned from.
“Was it all worth it?” A very heartfelt “Yes, it was” in response to that question.
It seems as if my life is all about planting and uprooting. I have come to terms with the fact that I don’t have any choice in the matter. I have tried to guard my heart and slide under the radar of each new place I find myself. The less people I get to know, the less people I have to say bye to when I leave, right? It was about three years ago that God told me, “Why are you holding yourself back? It’s not your heart to protect.”
So, since then, I throw my heart into everything and everyone I encounter. Even at the age of 22, I can already tell that my heart is well-worn and a bit battered, but it is cared for and spoken for by Someone who could do a much better job with it than I ever could. And I’m OK with that.
Gardner-Webb is no exception. I came here 2 years ago knowing no one and expecting to just make it through my 3rd college with only a few friends. Ha.
Two years later, I find myself graduating college with many wonderful, close, and, I daresay, lifelong friends. I embraced this small town life for all it was worth and I am all the better for it.
So, yesterday I graduated and today I am dusting off my travelers shoes and embarking again on my next big adventure. I find it strange that I can live in such ignorance of the future; knowing that I have practically nothing (except maybe a college degree and a camera), yet I still have everything yet to come for me. So, I will continue to give in to my wanderlust and will continue to plant and uproot. If home is where the heart is, then mine is scattered everywhere.
As to what these next few weeks/months/years hold for me, some plans are set in stone and some are still wet cement. Ok. All of these are wet cement. I can’t say for certain what I am doing past August 2009, so don’t hold me to these or anything. Here is my rough draft life for the next year and a half:
1.) Graduate college. (check)
2.) Move home to Georgia, live with the parents, get a job, and save up money.
3.) May-August 2009: move to Aliquippa, Pennsylvania and work with an inner city organization by teaching kids photography
4.) August 2009 -ish – August 2010-ish : move to France and teach English for a year or just travel Europe and Asia, living with friends, working on my photography and writing, and seeing what’s going on with the rest of the world first hand.
So, there they are. My “plans.” No, I don’t have a boyfriend I plan on marrying. No, I don’t have any intention of settling down anywhere soon. No, I don’t have any idea what I’m doing. That’s all I have so far, so please don’t ask about anything more me unless you have a bit of wisdom and insight to provide yourself.
I love my life and I wouldn’t have it any other way. And you. Yes, you… the one reading this… I’m glad you’re part of my life too. I suppose that’s all for now. I’m currently sitting in my half-empty house in North Carolina and I need to finishing packing so I can start living in my next destination. Peace.
~ Kate
“The journey is the destination.”
- Dan Eldon
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