I've been in the field of Higher Education for over 12 years and today, at this moment, I feel like I am just getting started. Last night's class was inspiring. It could have been the content, it could have been the the mental state I was in.... well I guess it is the emotions of it all. Emotional Beings in a Social Setting... I am a lucky man. I have a beautiful wife of over 4 years, and more recently a beautiful baby girl. This is a new set of lenses that I now view the world.
I had a thought today about how excited I am to be in student affairs. People have always asked why I love what I do.... I have never been able to answer it in only a few words, until today. I have a choice to be in Student Affairs.
Here is the story-- I ran into a colleague this morning and he asked me how I was doing as a new father? Was I tired? Was I eating right? You get the general theme of his inquiry... my responses were very excited; not as tired as I thought I would be; not as healthy as I was, but doing ok.
My insight as to why I was doing so great, was that I chose to be Jillian's father!
