It's beyond, just a Celebration!
It's happening and it's happening in less than 2 weeks time.
With
all the rush and fuss about exams, assignments.... last minute submissions, I
didn't realize that I was graduating in 2 weeks. There was a sudden pause in my
life, when my friend asked " Did you buy your white saree?" ( saree
for graduation. that's how we roll it and white is my college tradition). I
looked up at her in surprise because I didn't see it coming so soon. A hazy
memory hit me and went back to the day I first entered my class room. It wasn't
very long time ago. Just 2 years back I remember me looking out for various
colleges, deciding on courses to choose, filling up application forms.... and
today am already in the last page of that chapter.
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When
we say Graduation, we all know it's about - conferring of an academic degree.
But, is that all?? Is it only about finishing the degree and leaving the
college?? Definitely not! We attach so much emotions to this word Graduation. If it was as
simple as saying - we are done and we are leaving - I don't think there would
be any meaning to all those teared up eyes that we see on the day of
graduation.
Friends,
class room chats...naps :P, sharing lunch, boring lectures, imitating teachers,
college trips.... all the fun, laughter, fights and fear that we had during our
college days... we will miss it all no matter how silly or dumb it was. It's
such an irony that how much ever we crib and say we hate our college, in the
end we only cry and wish to go back!
But,
my take on "graduation" is even beyond this. Having graduated ones
(i.e my under graduation) and now being in masters and graduating makes me look
at things in a more matured way. So, I believe this time when am graduating it's more than a celebration and even more
than saying a good bye!
It's
about keeping a promise. Promise to our college, promise to our loved ones...
our society, our country and more than anything, a promise to our own conscious.
The
promise that am talking about is a promise -
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To be true to our hearts
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To dream higher and achieve
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To be helpful and caring
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To be responsible and respectful
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And most of all to be a good Human Being!
Untill
we are in college it's like being inside a mother's womb. Everything is safe
and secure. Every single person in this world always wish to go back to their
college life because, it's a bright, fun and colourfull part of life. No
big responsibilities and no big commitments. But, once we graduate everything
changes. Life takes a new turn and that's when we realize we are grown ups!
Julie
Durden wrote in her graduation song, when we go out there -" the world is
big and everything seem out of reach, the sky is high and the walk is wide".
Amidst all the struggle it's important for us to remember our roots, our
lessons, our alma mater. Whatever we do, whom ever we become, where were we
go... it all began here in college when
we stepped in, when the first bell rang. So, even when the times are hard and
you feel you can't go on.. the plan is to remember to just follow the heart,
because our heart knows - where we come from, what we have learnt and what we
have promised.
With
all the excitement for my graduation, all am left with to say is, suit up,
light the candles, play the song, dance on... lets graduate with a promise for
a lifelong.
Happy
Graduating to my class! Will miss you all!