Delta Xi Nu Beta Chapter -- Tulane University Changing Old Ways to New
Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers today;And give us not to think so far awayAs the uncertain harvest; keep us hereAll simply in the springing of the year.
-Robert Frost
Frost's prolific statements imply that we can find peace in looking at times of stability right now, at the current moment, instead of contemplating the hurdles that may lay ahead.
Nowhere is that statement more true than in a sorority. When times are good, sisters cling to each other, enjoy one another's company, and bask in the glow of sisterhood. When times are rough, we rely on each others' strengths to get us through this deadline. this event, this meeting, or even this day. We look for solace in what we have rather than thinking about what could happen tomorrow.
Not to say that any foresight should be ignored. Of course, we do have to plan ahead. Like the farmers in Frost's world planning as much as they can for the harvest at the end of the summer, we have to lay our plans out, our budgets and our schedules, for the semesters ahead and hope that everything goes as predicted. But like the farmers, we cannot predict how our crop, our product, will turn out. No one knows if this money will last for this committee, no one knows if this meeting will conflict with another sister's schedule, no one knows even if this layout, this structure, will work for the people being managed by it next year. We have to hope that our best wishes are made clear through our plans and that our sisters, current and future, will see that.
I think our chapter has learned to reach out to each other and hold onto the seconds we have right now in times of need. We have learned to keep taking in one moment at a time to get through our own worst fears. We have learned to depend on each other and the stability of now to get us through to next month and next year. And next year's dilemmas, while we give them a thought and make our best efforts to avoid them, are going to be next year's issue.
Letting the springtime of this minute hold us together is a lesson we have learned this spring.
And now is the time of year when everybody gets sort of nostalgic and sad because we're about to part ways with some of our favorite people. For me, this is the first year that I've really gotten to know girls that are graduating, and I have to say- I'm going to miss them.
So this one goes out to all the graduating sisters this year- we love you and we're going to miss you. You have all taught us so much, and we will continue to make you proud to be a part of our flourishing sisterhood no matter where your life takes you!!!
So these past few weeks have been incredible! Honestly, when joining a sorority, I really thought that I would meet up with the other girls in an obligatory manner. I figured we'd meet for lunch or dinner every now and then, and for sorority events.
What I didn't expect was . . . bonding. My sisters and I have had so much fun lately, and the best part of it is telling people that we're more than just good friends-- we're sisters. We can literally do anything anywhere and still have a blast because the fun isn't in what we do, its in being together.
I think I'm starting to really understand sisterhood!
