There is a time for everything

It's the end of my undergraduate degree and I have decided to stop worrying about my future; to stop worrying about where I am going next year or what it is I am going to do.

I have been planning frantically for quite a while without realising that regardless of what I plan, God will have me where He wants me to be next year. I would like to stay on at Rhodes for one more year because I don't feel like I am ready to leave yet. Perhaps the truth of the matter is that I am trying to hold on to a season which is due to pass. I am trying to hold on to an experience that I cheated myself out of when I dropped out of law school 6 years ago.

I have applied to WITS and Rhodes for Honours - both programmes are great, and I 'll work hard for these exams. But the way forward from here is not up to me, I am not master of my own destiny.

I have decided to enjoy what is left of this season (my undergrad education at Rhodes) and to cherish each moment. I know that the next season will bring new things, new experiences and lessons to be learnt. When you look at life in that way, every moment becomes so precious.

1 There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under heaven:

2 a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,

3 a time to kill and a time to heal,
a time to tear down and a time to build,

4 a time to weep and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,

5 a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
a time to embrace and a time to refrain,

6 a time to search and a time to give up,
a time to keep and a time to throw away,

7 a time to tear and a time to mend,
a time to be silent and a time to speak,

8 a time to love and a time to hate,
a time for war and a time for peace.

-Ecclesiastes 3