Reason to love Cornell

towerpumpkin
Sun, 05 Dec 2004 11:23:02 +0000

Found this letter from a Cornell alumna to the Dear Uncle Ezra thingy…describes why Cornell is so great!!

"DUE,
It has been 5 years since I graduated from Cornell and my first visit back was a flood of emotions! I missed my Cornell memories so tremendously that I think I got some physical shock reaction from it…I couldn’t sleep or do anything afterwards for days afterwards.

For me the visit was especially bittersweet. I was in a relationship with an amazing person during my years at Cornell. Of course, I was too young to realize what I had. After graduation, we separated (I broke up with him) and lost contact. Though I haven’t moved on, I know the other person has (he’s since gotten married). I wish nothing but the best and all the happiness for the couple because I love him so much that I couldn’t wish anything else. But it makes me sad to have to close that door forever. Everyone I date seems not even close or falls just short. I’m coping with it and hoping that one day I’ll find that same happiness again. But til then, there’s many nights I wake up after having dreamt that he and I were still at Cornell like old times. At the last minute, he’ll suddenly disappear and I’m stuck searching for him until I finally wake up (I guess it’s one of these recurring latent dreams or something).

So, perhaps I’m writing this as a reminder to those currently at Cornell that it is truly like no place else on earth and your time there can never ever be replicated any where else. Soak in the experience and savor it. Take time to go to the plantations, walk around Beebe, watch the sunset over Libe Slope. Because when it is over, and even if you do come back years later, it’ll never be quite the same. And most importantly, hold on to those things you love and don’t compromise anything for them because if you let it go, you might not be able to get it back.

Thank you for listening…or reading!

Love, Wishing-I-Could-Turn-Back-Time

Dear Wishing,

You may comfort yourself by also remembering that there were reasons that you made the choices you did, that it was a complex set of circumstances that was unique to the time and place and people. You had lessons to learn which you had to go this road to discover. Now that you know what you know, use it to help you on your next journey. You are already sharing your wisdom - that is Steven Covey’s 8th Habit - to find your voice and use it. I wish you success.

Uncle Ezra "

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