You all know that I am not the most social person when communicating my thoughts and feelings. It is not that I do not like to express my opinions, but I prefer not to participate in group conversations just because I want to clearly and intentionally hear what you each have to say. I value your input so much and desire to listen carefully and hear the vision and passion that each of you have for Enactus and what it means not only to me but to the team as a whole. I admire all of you and your fervency to see Enactus grow.
Every one of you has impacted my life in ways that I myself have a hard time discerning. When I first came to Enactus, I was indifferent about the program. Having never heard of any of the projects outside of The Hub, I thought this was going to be another disorganized and pointless program put on by APU. Somehow I ended up coming to the next meeting, which changed everything. Ironically when I came for the second meeting and saw the presentation, I thought it was so bad that I had to come back. I thought there must be something that I can do to make it better. Volunteering myself as graphic designer, I had no idea what I was getting myself into. Between My Rescue and Enactus, I was completely overwhelmed, but I miraculously continued to have a strong drive to push forth and finish what I had started. Finally, as the last few weeks progressed, I began to look back and see all that had happened. Inundated with work, I missed the big picture and lost a lot of opportunities to see remarkable things happen right before me. Between the fashion show and Cincinnati trip, I was so happy to take steps back and see the beautiful things that we had accomplished together.
As the graphic artist, my work was completed the last few days before we left for Cincinnati. All I had to do the rest of the week was set up a projector and push the arrow keys. Because of this, I got many chances to just sit and reflect on the work we had done together. There were many times last week where I sat in silence, and you should all know that in those moments, I was thinking of each and every one of you and the joy that you bring to my life. Whether it was hearing the girls scream at a squirrel eating our cupcakes or watching the leadership team scramble to find a flight, I could not help but stand there and smile as chaos unfolded.
Each of you, in a unique way, have taught me what it means to be a leader and serve in a team of hard-working and talented individuals. You have inspired such a blazing fire in my heart to continue to work with the Enactus team and I cannot articulate my excitement for the semesters to come. I want to keep this short so I will end telling you all that this past week will go down into the record book and will always bring up tears of laughter and love as I reflect on the adventures we had together.
To thank is never enough!
BritTAWN
