Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Update; Looking to the future

To set everything straight: I applied to one university, SFU, and have now been informed that I will not be doing graduate studies there in the Fall. After this semester ends, I will officially be done my Bacchelor's of Arts and Social Sciences at SFU, majoring in Psychology and minoring in English. Given I have no more school to return to in the Fall semester, I will be in Kamloops until I have reason to depart and find either employment or further education somewhere outside the neo-desert climate.
I understand that there are some feelings of loss within those people with whom I interact regularly, and while I do understand that it is difficult whenever someone leaves for a time, I have some brief thoughts on this. I am not dying or dead. I am not being isolated on a small island with no ability to communicate, nor is this a situation I wish my life to be, even in a more at-home-isolation sense. Loving others involves attachment of some kind, and the deepest love comes by knowing the plight and joy of others is also your own because you are as part of them and they of you as your thumb is a part of your hand. This is really the image I want to impart: my person will not be in Vancouver anymore, but what I am able to do is keep in touch and keep myself attached (to the best of my abilities) with those I have formed bonds with in the lower mainland. At no point would I want people to grieve a loss that isn't there, and with my departure I may be gone for awhile, but if I know to make the effort to keep in touch, I will do so.
You might be curious as to what I plan to do in the future. Over the coming months, I will move back to Kamloops and find whatever work possible, hoping to discover something counseling-related. The GRE is one endeavor for the summer, for I wish to apply to UBC in December (or sooner, if possible), after this applying again to SFU with every trick I know. I approximate about a year and a half before I get back into school, but maybe I'll find something for the Spring semester, you never know.
All in all, I want to lay my future out for God's plans, and submit myself to His will. He has guided me thus far, and I am confident He'll take me the rest of the way when I am ready. I really have appreciated all the care and prayer which has come from so many people over the years, and I know it was desired for me to end up back at SFU in the Fall, but let me tell you that the connections we have in Christ are stronger than whatever distance or time can ravage against relationships. Those friends I have made here will continue to be in my prayers, and I'm sure I'll pop into theirs as well from time to time.
I'll keep you up to date on my goings on after I've shipped off back over the mountains. May God's peace be within you and all around you.

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