One thing most people fear going to college is the friends part. Will I meet a lot of new people? Will I like people? Will people like me? Will I make new friends? Will I make best friends? Will I make life long friends? Will I find my husband? Will I find my wife? Will I make enemies? Will people dislike me? yada yada yada. I could go on for a while. I am not immune to these insecurities, especially going to a college out of state where none of my friends go.
I definitely had my moments before school, and even the first week or so here, wondering if I would meet people I would really connect with. I still to this day wonder if I have a group where I really "belong". But when it comes to friends, I have been extremely blessed.
First and foremost, my CORE group. They were the first people I met on campus. That first day, sitting in a circle out on the grass by the WGB, I looked around and wondered who exactly of this group I would really get close to. I can tell you right now there were a few people in that group I never would have expected to be close to. One of those that I figured weren't really the "type" I usually click with is now one of the girls in the group I have bonded with the MOST. My CORE has given me over a dozen awesome students to hang out with, talk with, laugh with, cry with, eat with, etc. But not only did they give me great friends, they helped break me out of my habit of judging people. I didn't consider what I did a type of judgement, but really it is. And man have they proved any stereotypes I had wrong. I love every single person in my CORE, and care about all of them deeply. I am blessed with an incredible group of freshmen, lemme tell ya.
I have a lot of other people I have gotten to be friends with. Random people, from all over. Upperclassmen, freshmen, girlfriends of my friends, kids in my classes, my small group girls, people just hanging out in the Lowell lobby, friends of friends, etc. You name a way to meet people, and I can pretty much promise I have done it here. I have connected with some of the most random people, and it has been such a blessing. I have people I can talk to when I'm down. I have people I can cry with. I have people I can just marvel about God with. I have people I can laugh with. I have people I can debate with. I have people I can play video games with. I have people I can read the bible with. I have people I can pray with. I have people I can watch TV with. I have people I can just talk with. I have people I can watch movies with. I have been blessed with a large range of friends, and friends I can do what I usually do with, and feel totally comfortable. I haven't felt even one day on campus I had to be someone I'm not. Who can say that about their college? Who can say that about the people they're around? Who can say that about every single one of their friends?
I am glad I am here. I am here for a reason. And I am so incredibly grateful for the friends God blessed me with to get me through those hard days I don't want to be anywhere but home.
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