Want to hear about something that completely blows my mind??? SEASONS! It’s crazy how everything changes. I come from a place where there is no snow, and two seasons. Believe me when I say that these two seasons are exactly the same and that the only difference is that one season is wet, and one season is dry; although lately, it hasn’t been raining too much at home. However, in Spokane, you definitely get a taste of all four seasons of the year. Recently, the leaves on the trees have started changing colors and fall has announced its arrival! Spokane is such a beautiful place to live in and being here has taught me so much about change. After living in a place where the weather is consistent year-round, the changing seasons of Spokane remind me of how important it is to change. To become stagnant in life would bring about no creativity and no inspiration; however, change allows for something to become a blank canvas to be painted over to become more diverse and unique. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying that the place that I come from doesn’t change and is terrible because it certainly does change (in its own way) but the changes of Spokane are much more evident. So, as you high school students begin to search for a college, don’t be afraid to venture out and search for a change. It’s totally natural and, in my opinion, healthy to long for something new and exciting in order to learn about another culture and be submersed in different kinds of values. If you ask me, I believe coming to Gonzaga to find that uniqueness was the absolute best decision I could have made. Like the seasons, change is beautiful; it allows for us to become that blank canvas to be painted on with values and morals that will shape us into the people we will become in the future.

Ruben ’14
Accounting and Business Administration