It's hard to believe that my High Sierra experience is almost over! I have been so overwhelmed with papers and projects that I haven't had the time to breathe and survey the situation, but now that the chaos is dying down I see just how near the end is and it pains my heart to know that I will need to leave this glorious place. I know that I was not meant to be up here forever, I just feel that this place and these people have become a part of me and I can't imagine living life without them alongside me. They have seen me at my highest and lowest points. It is when someone can see you in all stages of life and still enjoy your company that you know you have found true friends.
It's difficult to comprehend that theses last weeks will be the last times that we, the High Sierra Class of Fall 2012, will be together. Next semester we will be all over the globe, then next year many of us will be graduated seniors and will be moving on to their adult chapter of life. When I think of this, it makes the moments so much more precious.
God tells us there is a place and a time for everything. I feel that right now while I may feel full of sorrow, it is not yet the time to cry. Right now I need to be here 100% so I can soak up and enjoy these last High Sierra moments. I also need to take time to be able to reflect upon the good that has come of this semester and see how God has worked in my life through that good.
If God has taught me anything this semester, it would be the need to be still and just BE. Whether that's with people or just sitting in His creation reflecting, it is important not to live for what's happening next, but it's about enjoying life as it comes.
This has been an amazing and stretching semester, and I wouldn't trade this experience for anything.
