World, Hold On.

A group of friends and I went to the Outer Banks on Friday just for the night. That’s one of the many beautiful things about college… you can just pick up and go somewhere and you don’t have to ask anyone for permission. It’s living for four years in a world of immense freedom and very limited responsibilities.

We drove down just in time to pick up Billy’s seafood – the best steamed and spiced shrimp in the area and brought it with us to Jockey’s Ridge for a sunset dinner over the sand dunes. We sipped on wine like the classy of-age individuals we are and snacked on scrumptious, homemade guacamole. We debated night kayaking and eventually came to our senses that forty-degree weather was just a bit too cold for getting in the water.

Like little kids, we told bedtime stories and slept in until we could no longer ignore the sun streaming through the windows. Saturday evening we returned to William and Mary.

In the fast paced environment of college life we often spend too much time dwelling on the past or worrying about the future. Emerson said it well when he wrote, “We are always getting ready to live but never living.” I encourage you to start living.

Even if you can’t afford to put life on hold for twenty-four hours like we did, take at least a couple minutes every day to revel in the present. Your life will not only be there waiting for you, but it will be that much more enjoyable. I promise.