But What If...

Daily Insight #3: If there is no answer today, look for one tomorrow.





At the University of Florida students are exposed to so many different cultures, backgrounds and ideas. I look around everyday on this campus and I see a new face. Whether it be on a bus, the library, or simply walking to class. Each student on this campus has a personal story to tell. Some may be happy. Some may be sad. Some may be a 'WTF' moment. Nonetheless, there are stories behind...let's say...Jane's sunglasses, or Ben's Gator hat, or the weird guy on the set's hula hoop and boombox. Often times I think about what story I have to tell. I haven't traveled many places. I haven't done many things. But is there a story for me to tell you guys??

The past three years at UF has been some of the most challenging times which I have had to face alone. Yes it has built up my confidence and strengthened my ability to interact and talk with people, but what if I hadn't stepped out of my box? What if I was walking daily in my own anti-social world? Would I have been the same person as I am today?

The questions of what if arise so often as we move through the years of our college lives. I always seem to wonder..."Am I missing the big picture?" Well by-gollyI hope not! I don't want to miss anything. I don't want to miss a football game. I don't want to miss a lunch date with my friends. I don't want to miss class (despite how much I may hate the drone of my professors' voice). I don't want to miss a day that could've been used for something GREAT.


If I come home at the end of the day with the question "But what if..." in my mind, then maybe I haven't satisfied my curiousity. Maybe I haven't learned all that I need to. Maybe I'm actually afraid to find out what the 'if's' are truly going to be. Then again, maybe the 'if's' are simply meant to be. I question myself sometimes and often feel as if things aren't as they should be. Then again, who am I to control my own destiny or my own fate?

So looping back to my personal story that I am suppose to be telling you all about....Wellll (pause)....At the moment there is none. My story is not complete because I haven't answered all the "What if's" yet. I still need the time to find out and decipher what is at the end of my 'IF'. What will the outcome of my 'IF' be? My story isn't near completion and I hope that you don't think your personal story is either. We have many if's to answer my friend. Many, many if's.

Think about what yours are.


Peace, Love, & WhatyoutalkinboutWillis?!