study.
at the beginning of last year, i ventured off into the greater unknown and started my life as a student at the beautiful Rhodes University, located in the quaint little borough of Grahamstown (which is at least three times larger than my hometown... but let's not even go there!). i'm now in my second year of a 4-year Bachelor of Journalism degree, studying Journalism and English (my two majors) along with Modern Fiction and Latin. being here, i've learnt to study more than just lecture notes and textbooks. i'm getting better at observing people, coming to cherish their different mannerisms and moods, the complex shades that make each person uniquely them. so if you happen to see me glancing at you with curiosity in my eyes, don't back away... i'm learning to love you.
write.
for a while now, i've known that whatever i do in my life, i must write. it's a catharsis for me, an outflow of my emotions, my thoughts, my exclamations. besides writing on this blog, i write poems which i sometimes publish online; i also muse about life in general on my tumblr, which is basically a good representation of what my brain would look like were it to explode.
read.
i try to read books that make me think, that make me feel. one of the things i appreciate most about taking English is that it forces me to read books which i may never have picked up before. i constantly have a pile of books to read - a stack which often accumulates, rarely diminishes and always spurs me on to the next page, the next chapter. i adore being transported to other worlds, and books - glorious books - satisfy this craving within me. because of this, and for many other reasons which are too great to write about here, i'm fairly certain that i'd be lost without literature.
listen.
sight and sound are the two senses that i treasure the most, but if i were forced to choose one of the two, i would (eventually) choose sound. i think that decision would mostly stem from my obsession with music. i battle to put into words how much music means to me, but i can best describe it as a place of safety, a place i go to when looking for answers and somewhere i run when i know there are no answers to find. i love discovering new artists who move and inspire me.
love.
i am young, so some might call me naive, but i unashamedly believe in love. i'm a follower of Jesus Christ, and His love for me (and for you) knows no depth or breadth; His love for us constantly brings me to my knees. i want to strive, in my life, to exemplify the love He has given me in the way i treat other people. i want everything i do to be an act of worship.
1 John 4:19 - "We love because He first loved us."
