Gannon Knight Perspective

     Well, this is it. Number 73, my final column – the last time you will have to tolerate my New Jersey sarcasm, opinionated comments, or over-analytical view of the world.
     I’ll be a graduate student at Gannon University next year, so I don’t have to say goodbye just yet. Instead of filling my meager half a page with tearful goodbyes, I want to leave you with the three things I wish I had known four years ago.
     First – try something different, it could change your life forever. If someone had told me four years ago that I’d become a sorority girl, I would have laughed and told them that I “didn’t do stuff like Greek life.” Little did I know that

becoming a sister of Alpha Sigma Tau would be one of the best decisions I’ve made in my life.
     Second – people make mistakes – including yourself – and that’s OK. It’s easy to set your standards high, have lofty goals, and to be angry at other people when they let you down. It’s much harder to forgive and to get back up when you fall. Never give up, and when those around you stumble too, don’t leave them behind -- be weak and fall together.
     Third – and most importantly -- support is a two-way street. I’ve found this semester especially that the people who rely on you are the ones who will be your rock to hold onto when you need to keep your head above the water. It’s OK to depend on others, and if we were meant to go through life alone then God wouldn’t give us so many amazing people to touch our hearts and fill our lives with hysterical laughter and great stories.
     The people who have helped me learn these three things are the ones who deserve the biggest “shout outs” in print, but they already know how much I love them.
     There is only one thing that I have to say goodbye to – the 333 legacy. The friends who have made it special will never be forgotten, and although the 333 dynasty has ended with our senior class, the family that came from it will never die.
     To the rest of the people who hold a special place in my heart, I’m not saying goodbye – although physical distance may separate us, they’re not going anywhere, and neither am I. Newsprint doesn’t make good tissues for tears, and goodbyes don’t show people that they mean too much to you for you to let them go. Instead, hold on – to the lessons you’ve learned, the memories you’ve made and the people that mean the most to you.