O Captain My Captain

Dead Poets Society is one of those movies that I will never get sick of watching. I think the first time I watched it was in high school as part of an assignment for an English class and I immediately fell in love with it. I know that inspiration comes from different mediums for everyone. Some people listen to music, some people read speeches, and others are born with the confidence to succeed. For me, I think of the scene where Mr. Keating approached his students with a question: "what will your verse be?" This resonates a lot with me because in the grand scheme of things, its easy to get caught up in just how small your footprint will be. It's easy to skate by and leave it up to others to truly change the world. Whether or not you want it to, life continues onward and its up to us as individuals to decide where we will leave our mark. I am a firm believer in the idea that if you are every put in a position of power, its imperative that you leave your role in a  better position than when you received it. The whole idea of "creating your own verse" strikes a personal cord with me based on my background and my decision to found a fraternity at Ohio State. Chi Phi to me is its own "book" and I have to decide what my "verse" will be. When it's all said and done, I want to look back on my 4 years at this university and my 3 years in Chi Phi and truly be proud of the "verses" I have left here in Columbus. It will always be something I think about and I'd much rather be satisfied with what I've done as compared to dwelling on the past and thinking of ways I could've changed it. Dead Poets Society opened my eyes up to just how short life is and the sad realization that your window of opportunity is very narrow. In the words of one Ferris Bueller:"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it."