GLR Φυλή

Let's flip back to months before freshman year. I know that we all know that I know this was the time social media knew that you will be going to college soon, so most of the news feed was filled with; "advice to seniors" or "advice to upcoming freshman" or my personal favorite "things I learned my freshman year of college". Out of every blog that appeared on my social media that I read, the thing that popped out to me or I saw was "find your people". I went to camps before college and I remember I would hear " yeah I found my people in college." You see I let that phrase eat me up that I made it one of my missions freshman year to find my people. A few months past and in a blink, I was in college, I remember those few days I would look on Instagram and see people post about all this amazing organization they were in and how they found their people. I wanted to find my people so bad, I applied to so many organizations and got rejected by 98% of them. At this time, the only thought running in my head is "wow I will never find my people". But something I have learned is sometimes it's not the enemy it's the inner me. You see I had all this expectation, I basically had put "my people" in a box. I wanted people with who we would hang out all the time, find ourselves at a fast-food restaurant at 3 am having deep conversations, take road trips together, be in awesome organizations together, my Instagram would be filled with dope pics of "the squad", popping group messages. And what's crazy is I never got on my knees to ask God to bless me with God Loving Relationships because I was to busy trying to control that part of my life. You know what's even crazier, God always comes in a clutch. After a few months in the freshman life, I stopped looking for my people ( didn't seem like I was getting anywhere) and started praying for friends who love God more than anything. Friends who love people as God loves them, friends who are honest and aren't afraid to point out the brutal truth, friends who at the same time throw encouragement like its confetti. I burn the box expectation and stopped searching. I haven't taken a road trip on weekend just cause, the only 3 am place I find myself is doing my homework in my room. However, I found myself laughing so hard, thrown encouraging words, forced to take pictures, at the movies and food places I didn't know exist, drinking coffee with deep conversation, simple lessons turning into deep conversations, dancing like we just don't care... You see the close friends in my life (some pictured above & some not pictured) are not "my people" they are a blessing from God. Don't look for your people, pray for the people. Because you will meet your close friends in the most unexpected place, at the most unexpected time, with differences bigger than the similarities you share.