TO XU - Ateneo FRESHMEN!
You are one blessed batch! You enter your Ateneo experience with a historic flavour – XU@75, a brighter, stronger, farther Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan. Now, you could either treat this as mere coincidence or you could claim that it is density unfolding before you. An Atenean would say – it is destiny. You are placed here in this batch, in this historic year, in this Jesuit University not because of an accident but because it is your destiny. Fulfilling that destiny on the other hand entails a good amount of advice and inspiration and I hope this humble effort to bridge XU@75 and your personal journey brings about a sense of orientation for the great journey ahead.
As you journey through the halls of Xavier, always see things in the brighter, higher perspective. Your college life could be lived to the fullest if you do not settle to what is obvious. See things, people, and subjects beyond than what they are, more colorful than what they look, more meaningful than what they speak, and brighter than what they seem to be.
Having a stronger faith gained by understanding what is meant for you is the very energy that will sustain you through the course of your college life. Never forget to reflect, to contemplate, to ponder the movement of God in your life because having a stronger faith is what keeps you moving forward even in the midst of uncertainty.
Combining a stronger will and a creative spirit brings you farther in your journey in Xavier. Never fear to go beyond what seems enough. Nesting in your comfort zones all the time only brings dust and rust in your spirit. Explore and engage. Apply your thoughts. And you would just be awe-struck on what going farther will reveal to you. You are more than who you think you are.
May XU@75 give more meaning and inspiration to your personal journey of self discovery with God and others.
CSG VP, Convener of the 15th Directorate
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