As a part of JVC, my community has committed to two event nights a week centered on community and spirituality. I led the spirituality night last week and shared with my housemates one of my favorite readings from a college course on the restlessness of the soul. It is a commencement address given by David Foster Wallace which discusses with humor and careful insight the repetition of adult life. I find this entirely relevant because everything I have done so far in life is to 'get to the next step.' Do well in middle school to get honors courses in high school, rock the ACT to get into college, and study like crazy in college to get into med school. There has always been a very near and practical goal to what I do. But now in the post-college and nascent adult years, I feel this reading sheds light on how to approach the openendness of what's next. Enjoy!
http://moreintelligentlife.com/story/david-foster-wallace-in-his-own-words
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