I am 20 years, 8 months, 25 days, and 23 hours old. I have experienced a lot in that time and I will continue to experience more. I have seen great things and I have seen terrible things. I have experienced miracles and I have experienced disasters. I have been privy to incredible information and I have been left in the dark. I have done and seen many things in my life, but what has it all been for?

As of late I have found myself observing more. I have been observing my surroundings and the events that run my life. I have found two things evident in everyday life. Everyone lies. I have seen it time and time again, when backed into a corner people resort to lies. They use them as a crutch to find there way out of a situation. The issue with this is that they then have to make up more lies to cover up the first lie and dig themselves even deeper. I have also observed how once these lies are uncovered that they can destroy peoples lives. It can destroy friendships and marriages. It can destroy reputations and credibility. Lies can seep into every aspect of your life and when uncovered destroy everything you have worked so hard to create.

The other thing I have observed is that the way we interact with each other varies so intensely that it is almost impossible to generalize it. For instance, if I say to one of my roommates “hey do you want to go to the store?”, they would say yes or no depending on there own needs and weather or not they actually needed to go to the store. However, if I were to ask almost anyone else it would be a matter of weather they wanted to spend time with me or not. No one can ever predict every relationship a person has and how they interact with him or her.

In pertaining to SNHU, which I always like to do, both of these things can be observed on campus daily. The destruction of relationships due to lies and the impossible generalization of the way we interact with people. We are constantly involved in all of this and yet somehow we make it through. Somehow we come out of it with our heads held high and regretting nothing. Is it an issue of questionable morals or is it an issue of knowing deep down that nothing you do now matters more than how you interact with the outside world. College is a bubble of knowledge, inspiration, and opportunity. What we do within that bubble is up to us.