Initiation

Unless you are an active or past member of the Greek community, initiation means nothing to you. If you are part of the Greek community, you know how much initiation means and that all of its meaning cannot be conveyed with words. Initiation is the same every time yet means a variety of different things to each person. My feelings deepen each time I get the privilege in participating in my chapters ritual. My favorite thing about our ritual is that it's not exclusive to my fraternity, it crosses over into every single aspect of my life. It gets me through the tough stuff and it celebrates my amazing accomplishments. Recently I had an old friend accuse my sisters of brainwashing me. Hearing her say these words hurt. I took a step back and evaluated what I was like a year ago to who I am now. I am a better person, but I am also human. I hurt this friend by getting involved in my house to the extent that I have. I became so busy that I had no time to see my old friends. That quickly turned in to assuming that the other person didn't want to be friends. I realize this friend will never understand the things that I have gain from my relatively short experience in the Greek community, but I know that why I deal with the pain of losing a friend, my sisters will help me through it. And in times that my sisters are just as busy as I am, ritual will be my rock. Ritual stands for everything I believe in and I stand for ritual because I believe in it.