Friday, September 09, 2005
drunk blogs
well, i'm not that drunk really. i just had some thoughts. i went to a happy birthday celebration tonight for some distant friends/acquaintances. one was a sig fig of a sorority sister and the other was also another sorority sister. i don't know either one of them very well, but i wanted to come out and say my hellos to them and other friends that would probably be there. so i did and had a grand ol' time catching up with new and old friends.
the thing i took note of most is the fact that my sisters... as old, young, distant, or close we may be... we always have a sense of taking care of each other. that's one of the traits that i've always loved about us alpha phis. as far back as i can remember, we have always been young women who stood for excellent values, knew how to have fun, and always, always took care of one another. it's one of the values that we've always cultivated in our community. while some standards and values are not always actively worked on (like scholarship perhaps), this spirit of taking care of each other has always been apparent in my sisterhood. i saw a small, insignificant example of this tonight with the birthday celebrant leaving her purse somewhere, while she wandered around the party aimlessly. she kept mentioning her misplaced purse, somewhat concerned, but ultimately knowing that it's with someone. and it, in fact, was with a sister. this sister, whom i borrowed to chat with at another table with some friends, was so concerned about it that she went back to her original table and brought the purse back with her, making sure that she took care of it. and when the birthday celebrant came around for it, the sister had it in her care and was able to return it to her. i was the big ate (pronounced ah-teh, not "8", meaning big sister/sibling/cousin/friend in tagalog) in the chapter for a while and i know that i tried to cultivate this caring spirit in my girls. i remember one year, someone recognized it when she chose me to write about, when asked to write about someone who influenced them during their new member (pledge) period. and all i really did was make sure that everyone had a ride home that night from a party. she recognized my trait of taking care of my sisters and it drew her closer to the sisterhood. the little things that make a difference, y'know? well, i'm glad that these traits, whether the girls recognize it or not, have been passed down. it's what makes us alpha phi. it's what makes us sisters. it's what makes us friends.
oh, and this trait isn't necessarily reserved just for sorority sisters. it's something that you find in people, in good friends, who truly love and care for each other. people that you can trust to be yourself with, whom you trust to take care of you when you need to be taken care of. that's rare these days, y'know? it was just nice to know that it was automatic with alpha phi. it came with the promises we made to each other. i'm grateful to have been a part of something that is inherently good.
the thing i took note of most is the fact that my sisters... as old, young, distant, or close we may be... we always have a sense of taking care of each other. that's one of the traits that i've always loved about us alpha phis. as far back as i can remember, we have always been young women who stood for excellent values, knew how to have fun, and always, always took care of one another. it's one of the values that we've always cultivated in our community. while some standards and values are not always actively worked on (like scholarship perhaps), this spirit of taking care of each other has always been apparent in my sisterhood. i saw a small, insignificant example of this tonight with the birthday celebrant leaving her purse somewhere, while she wandered around the party aimlessly. she kept mentioning her misplaced purse, somewhat concerned, but ultimately knowing that it's with someone. and it, in fact, was with a sister. this sister, whom i borrowed to chat with at another table with some friends, was so concerned about it that she went back to her original table and brought the purse back with her, making sure that she took care of it. and when the birthday celebrant came around for it, the sister had it in her care and was able to return it to her. i was the big ate (pronounced ah-teh, not "8", meaning big sister/sibling/cousin/friend in tagalog) in the chapter for a while and i know that i tried to cultivate this caring spirit in my girls. i remember one year, someone recognized it when she chose me to write about, when asked to write about someone who influenced them during their new member (pledge) period. and all i really did was make sure that everyone had a ride home that night from a party. she recognized my trait of taking care of my sisters and it drew her closer to the sisterhood. the little things that make a difference, y'know? well, i'm glad that these traits, whether the girls recognize it or not, have been passed down. it's what makes us alpha phi. it's what makes us sisters. it's what makes us friends.
oh, and this trait isn't necessarily reserved just for sorority sisters. it's something that you find in people, in good friends, who truly love and care for each other. people that you can trust to be yourself with, whom you trust to take care of you when you need to be taken care of. that's rare these days, y'know? it was just nice to know that it was automatic with alpha phi. it came with the promises we made to each other. i'm grateful to have been a part of something that is inherently good.
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"To try is to risk failure. But risk must be taken because the
greatest hazard of life is to risk nothing. The person who risks
nothing does nothing, has nothing, is nothing. He may avoid
suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn, feel, change,
grow, live, and love."
~unknown
"It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues."
~ Abraham Lincoln
"live a life that others will remember years from now, NOT because it pointed to you but because of how it pointed to the One who made you."
~ Mark Hart, the Bible Geek
"we grow up learning to become self-reliant, but really we need to be God-reliant"
"we could learn a lot from crayons: some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, some have weird names, and all are different colors....but they all exist very nicely in the same box"
"never wound hearts that love u, never give them the endless pain, because wounded hearts are like roses that never bloom"
"there comes a time when we have to stop loving someone not because that person has stopped loving us but because we have found out that they'd be happier if we'd let go"
