If you’re at Grainger… who am I kidding… You engineers…
While at Grainger, if you get tired or just bored or if you’re taking a break… do this.
Step outside. If it’s night… wait a minute… you’re engineers…
It’ll be night. Look up to the skies, to the stars, and know you’re not alone. As many as there are the stars so are other engineers in the world… studying. Most of them have passed on, and they’re studying up there in the heavens.
Look at the moon. Isn’t it pretty? I love the moon. One of the many reason why I do: Every night I go to the library, I take a mental picture of what phase the moon is in. This reminds me of how every night, every hour spent studying slowly builds up to a bright heavenly celebration: the Full Moon. Then when it starts to wane into oblivion… like your ranking in one of those amazingly difficult classes… just know that the moon will shine again. Fills me with hope AND joy. It’s a twofer. And don’t all engineers love efficiency?
After you’ve done that, start running. Run. RUN. Run as if you had your fellow classmates running this race around the engineering quad, and whoever came back to the front doors of Grainger first would get a 4.0. For life. Even for those classes you’ve already taken!
Run south, passing that weird looking statue thing. That second turn is killer, since the sidewalk curves outside and away from the tiny river.
Don’t you feel it? It’s like the buildings that surround the engineering quad are filled with the spirit of the engineers who’ve come and gone.
Then, as you near the door… as you ignore those apparent stares of “What is that kid doing” and “Did he finish his senior design project?”, catch your breath. Look up to the starry night once more, and smile.
And then, hit the books. No more of this silly metaphor crap.
Hmm… Blurry…
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