Charles Jardine
Editor-in-Chief
Venturing into the unknown is not quite as enticing, magical or equally as dangerous as it appears in the 2019 hit Disney movie, “Frozen 2.”
In the movie, Elsa has a brief moment in song in which she expresses her fear of venturing past what she knows, but the unknown calls her and she follows.
This takes a lot of courage because as a man, who for the most part considers himself fairly confident, there is something inherently scary about being a senior in college. And the unknown does not necessarily call me but seems to creep ever closer.
When I was a kid all I could think about was when I would be older–when I had a job, house, family and whatever else came with being a “grown-up.”
Now, I sometimes wish I was a kid. I wish for a simpler time when I don’t have to think about what I am going to do for work, if I go to graduate school and what taxes are like.
Freud would say that I’m trying to revert back to a simpler time to reduce my anxiety about being an adult, but I would say that’s just life.
When you don’t know what will happen, I think most people think back to a time that already happened, like being a kid. Your childhood is ultimately comforting because it was a time when you were loved and supported most directly.
Partly why the unknown is scary is because you are leaving your friends. Whether we like it or not, most of us will not be living in dorms, heights or apartments with our friends in the same way we do in college.
I find this bittersweet because why I came to Franciscan, was the community I knew I would find here. I believe many of these friendships will last a lifetime, but for the most part, I won’t be able to go to my friends’ houses on a random Tuesday just to hang out.
One of the beautiful things about our Catholic Faith is that we can often find good community in many places, and experience the Love of Christ in Adoration and in the Mass. I encourage all of us to receive the Eucharist and spend time in prayer. God will give us the graces we need to get where we are going.
I’d also recommend giving your mom and dad a call. Living so far away from home has been hard for me to feel loved and supported by my parents, but calling them has always been able to help with that. They often give me the courage and support to get through all that I am facing, and I believe many of your parents can do the same!