I wanted to end my blog with just some thoughts, summaries and growth that I have experienced over the course of this semester. Why you may ask?...because I can and so I will.
Over the course of my four years in college (and especially the last two) I have been pushed to think and to decide; to observe my life and truly look inwardly to discover the woman that I am becoming. I have had mentors along the way who refused to let me settle with just ok. What I have discovered in this time frame is that I am a creative, sexuate, feminine being who is discovering old flaws and new beauties in this world.
The philosophers I have studied for this class, Gilkey, Berry, Rand and Irigaray have all poignantly shown what they see as the flaws in the world. Though they can speak without thinking about what they see as the major issues in the world, they all still hold a common thread…hope.
Each of these philosophers holds different truths to be true to them, however none of them have all the answers. Just as I have struggled with the instability created in my life from truly questioning my core values and what I grew up believing was the iron-clad truth. Though at times the change was painful and I would even shed tears for the new thoughts that came and meant I was leaving behind the old. Change never is easy. Just as each philosopher I read has discovered at some point, whether it’s they’re radical idea that leaves them jobless or being forced into living in community.
When I came to college I was a young pond, one that had yet to grow stagnant, but was in danger of doing so if I had not been challenged to move, to think, to create ripples. Now as I prepare to graduate, I no longer see that pond, but rather a river that I have flown into one that interacts, moves, thinks, changes and has relations with others that are a part of this river.
Life is ever changing. I don’t have all the answers, I can’t even say that I know the truth of the world, but what I can say is that I’m on a path in which I look and observe and breathe and take-in this world as I search for the truth with those around me whom with open eyes, look and breathe and move with me as we continue forward in this journey we call life.
