Of course I view Fraternity life as an opporutunity. I'm biased. It has been the best opportunity of my life.
So why wouldn't anyone else view it as an opporunity?
well, it lies within the individuals. Not everyone wants to get the most out of their fraternity/sorority experience. Not everyone believes in holding themselves to a higher standard... Not everyone is willing to change...
So that in itself is a pretty big delimma.
So how do we make it more relevant? How do we make fraternity/sorority life what it used to be?
I guess we can't... life isn't the same as it used to be over a century ago... just another delimma I suppose.
But I was able to get something out of it, so there must be an opporunity within our community somewhere.
I realized I never met my founders... but I must admit, they believed in some pretty sweet stuff. And I'm damn proud to believe in it as well. Fraternity Life is what we make of it. The Individual. The Individual can create the opportunity for themselves, and others, or they can just as easily be a delimma for us all.
Don't be that individual.... Strive for more out of life and from your experience. You will make a difference. You will change.
Friday, March 12, 2010
strengths and weaknesses
My Fraternity.
We follows the rules, for the most part, and I see us as a decent role model for the rest of the fraternity community... in that standpoint.
However, we do lack a little bit of the brotherhood aspect at times, maybe some guys just get a little too carried away with their studies. Hey a 4.0 is great.... but a 93 is still an A, you are allowed to miss a point every once in a while, feel free to sacrifice some of the time you spent memorizing the dictionary to play a game of basketball with me.
IFC.
We have a strong bunch of individuals who really do want to make a difference. Best of all we have the support of our University behind us.
However, we have a lot to try and accomplish, and our community sees the council as a separate entity...
The community.
The community has so much to offer. We have opportunities out the wazoo. Frienships are built daily and leaders blossom over night.
However, even though we are not on the same level as many other institutions (in a good way) we still have our downfalls. I was ignorant of them for quite awhile, and it is very hard at times to think that something I love so much has so many flaws... because of the individuals within the system, not because of the system itself.
Hazing will not build better brothers, it will destroy them.
Alcohol will attract attention when recruiting, but not the kind you want.
Yes women are great company, no you are not allowed to degrade or control them.
We follows the rules, for the most part, and I see us as a decent role model for the rest of the fraternity community... in that standpoint.
However, we do lack a little bit of the brotherhood aspect at times, maybe some guys just get a little too carried away with their studies. Hey a 4.0 is great.... but a 93 is still an A, you are allowed to miss a point every once in a while, feel free to sacrifice some of the time you spent memorizing the dictionary to play a game of basketball with me.
IFC.
We have a strong bunch of individuals who really do want to make a difference. Best of all we have the support of our University behind us.
However, we have a lot to try and accomplish, and our community sees the council as a separate entity...
The community.
The community has so much to offer. We have opportunities out the wazoo. Frienships are built daily and leaders blossom over night.
However, even though we are not on the same level as many other institutions (in a good way) we still have our downfalls. I was ignorant of them for quite awhile, and it is very hard at times to think that something I love so much has so many flaws... because of the individuals within the system, not because of the system itself.
Hazing will not build better brothers, it will destroy them.
Alcohol will attract attention when recruiting, but not the kind you want.
Yes women are great company, no you are not allowed to degrade or control them.
Why Perfection?
ahh perfection.
Spring atmosphere, 60 degrees, sunny days and star filled nights... and just the right company. That's perfection.
Maybe throw in a little music (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJzGtzGydtQ) and a glass of wine... Hey we did say perfect right?
But in all seriousness, why do we seek perfection?
Nothing is really perfect, is it? Can't something always be better? Can't you always improve just a little bit more? Can't you always learn a little more? What is this idea of perfection and why do people constantly kill themselves trying to achieve this false idea?
How about this idea... lets be content. Lets be happy, satisfied, thankful... the list goes on and on. Lets rejoice with what we have, and share it with those who have not.
Lets ebrace life and the opportunities it has given us. Let teach others how great life really is and all that it has to offer. Who knows we might just enjoy going along for the ride!
In my opinion, the idea of perfection is a destination. In other words, a stopping point. The best part of life is the journey, not the destination.... and why would you ever wanna stop the journey???
Fraternity and Sorority life cleary defines how we should live our lives. It is defined in our Ritual... I guess if I had to say what a perfect world would be... I would say people actually knew what their Ritual was, and stood for, any maybe even lived it.
Spring atmosphere, 60 degrees, sunny days and star filled nights... and just the right company. That's perfection.
Maybe throw in a little music (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJzGtzGydtQ) and a glass of wine... Hey we did say perfect right?
But in all seriousness, why do we seek perfection?
Nothing is really perfect, is it? Can't something always be better? Can't you always improve just a little bit more? Can't you always learn a little more? What is this idea of perfection and why do people constantly kill themselves trying to achieve this false idea?
How about this idea... lets be content. Lets be happy, satisfied, thankful... the list goes on and on. Lets rejoice with what we have, and share it with those who have not.
Lets ebrace life and the opportunities it has given us. Let teach others how great life really is and all that it has to offer. Who knows we might just enjoy going along for the ride!
In my opinion, the idea of perfection is a destination. In other words, a stopping point. The best part of life is the journey, not the destination.... and why would you ever wanna stop the journey???
Fraternity and Sorority life cleary defines how we should live our lives. It is defined in our Ritual... I guess if I had to say what a perfect world would be... I would say people actually knew what their Ritual was, and stood for, any maybe even lived it.
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