Perhaps this is the absolute I can take with me as I near the end of my journey as an undergrad. I just hung up my Greeter whistles for the last time and it was hard. I tried to invest my entire soul into Gustavus, and what I have received back is nothing less than spectacular. Gustavus is an experience like no other, but that fact is a call to action for all. To have an experience, and to have this experience in particular, one cannot sit passively by.
Experience requires action and makes change.
To remain unchanged by, and uninvolved in making an experience is to fail yourself. Invest in yourself and make the most of this place to create the experience you need. Give freely, be humble, try everything, challenge yourself and others, and never forget to say thanks for today. Now we realize the years went faster than anything we could have possibly imagined. I encourage all of you to pass on the torches you carry freely so others as well may have the experiences you now treasure.