CSU taught me we literally do not have the ability to judge fairly, because there’s no way you can know someone’s story and what fuels their decision making. I used to interpret this as an injunction from God to Christians to be polite. As Christians, God calls on us not to judge. It also taught me that there is validity in the journey. Reaffirming my faith was awesome, however, it was not the biggest lesson CSU taught me. Howard was a safe and encouraging space to do so. It is my belief that faith ought to be wrestled with, tested, questioned and at the end you should be able to stand firm in what you believe. I attended everything from Eid ul-Fitr feasts to reiki healing sessions. Howard University gave me the freedom to explore. I grew up in church, but faith was forced on me. Sophomore year I became the president and founder of Christian Sisters United (CSU) a move that represented the reclamation of my faith. Teneasha, second from left, with best friends from Howard Throughout the years, my other four best friends entered the picture and I can honestly write an anthology on the lessons I’ve learned through these women. People can tell a lot about you based on your best friends, but you can also discover a lot about yourself through the people you keep in your corner. A reflection of myself, the self I didn’t know because these qualities weren’t tested before Howard. Within the first few days, I met three of my best friends: courageous women who were beautiful, stylish, politically active, spiritually grounded go-getters in the rough. If you accept my interpretation, this accurately depicts my journey at Howard University. It’s losing yourself, it’s making plans that will undoubtedly change, it’s finding yourself hopefully in a good place, but not far from the essence of who you’ve always been. I do not know the author’s intention for the aforementioned quote however, I see it as a story of self-discovery. “ People disappeared, reappeared, made plans to go somewhere, and then lost each other, searched for each other, found each other a few feet away.”Ĭollege has been bookmarked by many as the time in a person’s life in which they explore and become who they are supposed to be. Prior to Howard University, not only did I not know myself, I didn’t know the possibilities of what I was capable of. For me, my hometown, Oakland, California, was too much of the same and the same was all I knew.
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