My Perfect World:)

Describe your perfect world. What role does sorority and fraternity life play in achieving that perfect world?

My Perfect World..... hmmm... so I think my perfect world would be a world...

where we do not get caught up in the rush of life and that we enjoy the small things in life.

When someone gives you a card on a random day just because they want to let you know how much they care about you not b/c you did something for them.

When we sit down and enjoy each others company and not think in the back of our head I need to go to this or that or I need to be here or there.

My perfect world has people committing to one person versus skipping around from relationship to another and doing whatever someone wants to do b/c they can rather than valuing the relationship and respecting the other person in the relationship

Where we all live a life of purpose not just living day to day

Where we value each other for whom we are inside not for our appearance on the outside.

Where values dictate individual actions versus other people’s responses (what they think you should do)

Where people commit to one person for life, not quit and get a divorce when things get hard and he/she may just not want to fight for what they originally said they would die for.

Where on any given night, people can socialize and enjoy each others company without the presence of alcohol

Where women and men respect themselves and others

Where we are not content with status quo and where we know that there is always room to improve

Where the color of one’s skin does not dictate who that individual is

Where mediocrity is not enough and where excellence is desired


Where people can be who they are and do not need "liquid courage" to be ourselves

Where we all work hard everyday to create a better world for the generations to follow.

Where we build character among young people and where later in life we expect those individuals to act with integrity.

Where we strive to make a difference in the life of someone who is less fortunate each day not just during the holidays or when we have extra time

So I guess a large part of my world would be more about RELATIONSHIPS and more about VALUES and being content with the gifts that we were given and be SATISFIED with WHO WE ARE not who we think other people WANT US TO BE.

Thinking about my world I feel that sorority/fraternity life could play a significant role in my perfect world as S/F life represents a values-based community committed to elevating its members to become better sisters/brothers, better people. So if my perfect world existed and students came to school with high standards and expectations for themselves as well as others then F/S life would serve to perpetuate those believes and behaviors as well as serve to foster the development of their character. S/F life would serve as a support for those men and women to continue to believe in what they were taught as youth.

It is kinda hard to think of a perfect world b/c if the world was perfect then the current problems of hazing, excessive alcohol consumption, petty women, and other immoral activities would not exist. So as I have already stated, F/S life would serve to perpetuate the values that we, as individuals in this perfect world, strive to uphold--service, true and honest friendship, leadership, scholarship, personal growth...