Alumni

I spend the better half of this morning in Guelph, playing ball hockey with my old roommates and some of the younger dudes who are involved with Campus for Christ at the University of Guelph. It was a little rainy and wet, but we had a great time hitting the little orange ball around.

Later, as I relaxed in my warm, cozy living room with Jen, I thought about being an alumni. Going back to places you once were is an interesting experience. You want things to be the way they used to be, the people to be the same, the experiences to happen over again. But it is different. The people are different, some are new, some are gone, the experiences never repeat. In one sense, that sucks. But in another sense, it is good that life moves on. That things change.

If life just played on repeat, that would be terrible. Nothing new, the same people. Like playing the same level on a video game over and over. It is important for people to grow up, get married, mature and eventually grow old and die. Change is what makes life important.

It was great to see my friends again. They are a little older, more mature, more facial hair. Still the same guys underneath though...

Lesson is: Ball Hockey rules.