Okay, now that I am officially on summer vacay mode,
I guess it’s time to dust off the old blogspot.
I am reminded of something that Theo Coonrod, outgoing Head of School at
Saint Mary’s said to the senior class during her remarks to the graduating
class of 2012 a few weeks back. She told
the class and those assembled that “we are not human beings, but rather humans
becoming.” In her address, Ms. Coonrod told
the students that instead of a state of being human, we are humans
becoming. We are always and should be
striving to be a better person, a better citizen, a better student, a better
mother, father, spouse, significant other, etc. and just a better being,
period.
Achieving human becoming status is a process, and
not an event. I would liken it to a
journey. In a physical journey, we reach
a final destination. It could be around
the corner, down the hall, or across the planet. Wherever your journey leads you, there is
always a process of preparation. The
problem with attaining human becoming status is that in the process of “becoming”
better, be it financially, materially or spiritually, we are always trying to
arrive to a land called There. Sometimes
when we get “There,” we quickly discover that “There” is not there. Whether it’s the beachfront property, new
car, college degree, job promotion, or new opportunities to serve in a faith
community; It seems as if we’ve come a long way and made progress, but still
have a greater distance to go and more work to do in the land of There.
As we strive for the status of humans becoming, let’s
always be mindful of the fact that life is a journey. We will have delays, missed connections,
extended layovers, cancellations and accidents along the way. The way of becoming better is in some way a traverse
peregrination. In everything that we
become, never lose sight of the One who creates, redeems and sustains us. In addition, let’s not become so fixated on
the destination that we lose sight of the journey. Life is a trip, embrace it.
Peace,
Karsten
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