It’s pretty surreal to have finished university. A week or so after I submitted my final essay, I was thinking to myself, what did you learn? Well, I learnt a lot of really interesting and useful information about writing, history, literature, middle east politics, philosophy and so on, but that’s different.
Actually, my first class on my first Monday morning in first year proved very memorable. It was ACP109, Improvisation: Principles in Action. The central rule of improvisation is ‘Yes, and‘. It means you don’t shut down someone else’s offer, you always take it in your stride, embrace it and build on it. Yes, sometimes you have to make stuff up and follow the scene somewhere you didn’t expect it to go, but that’s the exact same thing that happens every day in real life.
However, to be perfectly honest, a ‘Yes, and’ philosophy is pretty superficial. In fact, 3 years and 24 units later, the best thing I learned is this: the God of the Bible, the only True and Living God, is in control, and I am not. The only reason that I can embrace whatever comes my way with a ‘Yes, and’ attitude is because “for those who love God, all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose” (Romans 8:28).
So what did I learn? That my life will have been wasted if I chase success and happiness but do not cling body and soul to the King of all Kings. Also, that just because someone lives 10,000 miles away is not a reason not to date them.
Distilled Orthopraxy 