Ain't life grand!
I was looking through my university's semesterly alumni mailing and it was kind of neat to see what all has been going on with the other alumni. One of our oldest buildings is being torn down pretty soon and alumni were asked to submit memorable stories they had about the building. Some alumni gathered for Homecoming and it was nice to see pictures of them -- even though I knew no one. Probably the biggest surprise for me was turning the page and seeing someone I barely saw on campus holding his recently born baby with his now wife.
He was a basketball player, had model good looks (and ended up modeling), and dated an equally attractive girl while at school. Trust me, if you saw him, or them, you would definitely think he was the quintessential All American. Despite all his advantages he was a very nice guy. About the only thing I really remember of him now is me being a freshman and sitting in the cafeteria alone and he came up and asked if he could sit down. I said yeah, and me being shy I didn't say much, but he did try to pull me out of my shell. His girlfriend saw him and ended up sitting down at the table as well. I could tell from her expression she wasn't exactly pleased he was sitting with a "lower", haha. I did see him on campus sometimes and he would smile and say hey to me. He was a cool guy.
I have to admit when I was done reading the magazine I felt a sense of proud belonging, to the human race. It's only in summary form and retrospect that I got those feelings and I started thinking how we as human beings will look over our time on planet Earth. It's a lot like going to college really, being here that is. We're all cloistered together on this planet in the same way college students are cloistered together on campus. Typically four years on campus; decades on Earth. Thousands of students; billions of people. At some point we'll all be alumni of this experience, graduates of Earth! Hehe. Wonder what our alumni reunions will be like. :)
Anyway, enjoy life, live it however you please. It's that diversity that'll make our future gatherings so much more interesting. The things we do now that'll give us stories to talk about then. Everything ends at some point.