What table do you sit at?

When I was younger, I used to always want to sit at the adult table on holidays. I would sit there, with the “little kids” and look up at the adults across the room; laughing and enjoying themselves while eating their Thanksgiving stuffing or drinking their Christmas eggnog. To me, the adult table was just out of reach…

With midterms approaching in my junior year of college, it seems that the years have flown by. I seems like just yesterday I was counting down the months before I got my license…graduated…moved away from home. Now look, I’m a junior in college? When did that happen?

I was enjoying the weather yesterday at Wolf Pen Creek while reading Vonnegut and listening to my mp3 player when it suddenly hit me…

I’ve finally reached the adult table, but where do I go now? I think this is a very common question for people my age. I have so much that I want to do, and up until now, I’ve felt that I can accomplish anything I want to. Not to say that I have lost all faith in myself…it’s just becoming more and more clear that I need to make the “big moves” in this game of life while I still have the opportunity. It feels like the years are going by faster than they ever have, and I’m curious if I’m alone in this crazy time continuum that is, our college years.

I pose a few questions as I leave you, possibly words to ponder and reflect on while you’re here at A&M, because it goes by much faster than you think… What table are you sitting at? And what table will you be sitting at next? Because the author of Swim With The Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive, Harvey McKay, once said, (and it still holds true), “Time is free, but it’s priceless. You can’t own it, but you can use it. You can’t keep it, but you can spend it. Once you’ve lost it, you can never get it back.”

I urge you, take those steps…Make those life moves that will further you in the game while you still have the chance.