Senior Exit Essay
Senior Exit Essay
My quote is from a sanskrit chant, it goes:
“Purnamadah purnamidam
purnat purna mudachyate
purnasya purnadya
purnameva vashishyate.”
Translation: You are infinite, I am infinite, everything and everyone is infinite. From this infinity comes that infinity. When you add to what is infinite or subtract from what is infinite; infinity remains infinite. We are all perfectly complete and ever-whole.
I like this quote because it shifts perspective. It is common in western culture to hear someone say they are ”empty” or “broken”, waiting to be filled up by money or love or knowledge or anything else we may come up with. This quote challenges that notion asserting that we have always been and will always be full and complete. Picture a teacup full of water, now picture a bathtub full of water. The fullness of the bathtub does not make the teacup any less full. And the fullness of a lake would not diminish the fullness of the bathtub. We can only expand to become larger vessels of love knowledge and wisdom, but we cannot be filled. It’s an effort in vanity. My name is Ixchel Melinger, and I’m hoping to hold oceans in my depths.
I’ve definitely had my fair share of ups and downs throughout my journey and maybe one day I’ll tell you about them, but that day will more likely include a comfy living room couch and some hot coffee rather than a loud, obnoxious intercom system that will soon be dismissing you for lunch.
What I will say, however, is how thankful I am to have had my time here. Please excuse my long list of thank you’s, but after two years, they tend to pile up like dirt under your nails, and it would be unsanitary if I didn’t at least try to get most of them out.. Thank you to Ms. Morrow for always helping me find the words I needed. Ms. Rangel, you are such a light in my life; you have no idea how much your hugs helped me get through my worst days. It was largely through your belief in me that I could find belief in myself. Thank you to Ms. Fackler for being stupid brilliant. Thank you to Dr. Webb for actually caring about what you do. I’m sorry I can no longer be your insider at Maudie’s -- we had a good thing going. Thank you to Ms. Cason for creating a space other than CIS where students can create something worthwhile and have fun while learning. You are one of the most valuable resources on this campus. You have planted a seed in me that will continue to grow. Lauren, your thank you is not for words to convey, but thank you from the bottom of my heart. And last but certainly not least, thank you so much to Tom Fackler for knowing everything. And not just everything about math but also knowing everything about produce, ethics, heartbreak, cold brew, the ethics of handing off a dead fish, and government conspiracies. You are the embodiment of what every teacher should strive to be. Garza is the first place that I felt honored my initial quote, not looking at the students as half-full glasses, waiting to be filled, but as already whole people that they might assist to grow. So thank you to everyone I didn’t mention, because all of you are absolutely amazing.
I’m off to get my 200-hour yoga teaching certification, and pursue my love for circus arts like fire spinning, trapeze, and, of course, acrobatic yoga. Next fall I’ll probably be enrolling at a college in some ludicrously cold temperament in hopes of finding inspiration in the frozen air. Unless I sucuumb to Arkansas, in which case all bets are off as far as inspiration is concerned. So, until next time, I leave you beautiful people with this thought imparted to me through John Green: There are an infinite amounts of numbers between 0 and 1. There is .1 .12 .112 and more than millions in between. Of course there are also larger infinite sets, such as the space between 0 and 2 or between 0 and a million. What I’m saying is some infinities are larger than other infinities, but each one holds its own piece of our communal forever. Do your part not to forget that no matter how small you may feel on any given day, you are and will always be infinite and whole, at least in my eyes.
My quote is from a sanskrit chant, it goes:
“Purnamadah purnamidam
purnat purna mudachyate
purnasya purnadya
purnameva vashishyate.”
Translation: You are infinite, I am infinite, everything and everyone is infinite. From this infinity comes that infinity. When you add to what is infinite or subtract from what is infinite; infinity remains infinite. We are all perfectly complete and ever-whole.
I like this quote because it shifts perspective. It is common in western culture to hear someone say they are ”empty” or “broken”, waiting to be filled up by money or love or knowledge or anything else we may come up with. This quote challenges that notion asserting that we have always been and will always be full and complete. Picture a teacup full of water, now picture a bathtub full of water. The fullness of the bathtub does not make the teacup any less full. And the fullness of a lake would not diminish the fullness of the bathtub. We can only expand to become larger vessels of love knowledge and wisdom, but we cannot be filled. It’s an effort in vanity. My name is Ixchel Melinger, and I’m hoping to hold oceans in my depths.
I’ve definitely had my fair share of ups and downs throughout my journey and maybe one day I’ll tell you about them, but that day will more likely include a comfy living room couch and some hot coffee rather than a loud, obnoxious intercom system that will soon be dismissing you for lunch.
What I will say, however, is how thankful I am to have had my time here. Please excuse my long list of thank you’s, but after two years, they tend to pile up like dirt under your nails, and it would be unsanitary if I didn’t at least try to get most of them out.. Thank you to Ms. Morrow for always helping me find the words I needed. Ms. Rangel, you are such a light in my life; you have no idea how much your hugs helped me get through my worst days. It was largely through your belief in me that I could find belief in myself. Thank you to Ms. Fackler for being stupid brilliant. Thank you to Dr. Webb for actually caring about what you do. I’m sorry I can no longer be your insider at Maudie’s -- we had a good thing going. Thank you to Ms. Cason for creating a space other than CIS where students can create something worthwhile and have fun while learning. You are one of the most valuable resources on this campus. You have planted a seed in me that will continue to grow. Lauren, your thank you is not for words to convey, but thank you from the bottom of my heart. And last but certainly not least, thank you so much to Tom Fackler for knowing everything. And not just everything about math but also knowing everything about produce, ethics, heartbreak, cold brew, the ethics of handing off a dead fish, and government conspiracies. You are the embodiment of what every teacher should strive to be. Garza is the first place that I felt honored my initial quote, not looking at the students as half-full glasses, waiting to be filled, but as already whole people that they might assist to grow. So thank you to everyone I didn’t mention, because all of you are absolutely amazing.
I’m off to get my 200-hour yoga teaching certification, and pursue my love for circus arts like fire spinning, trapeze, and, of course, acrobatic yoga. Next fall I’ll probably be enrolling at a college in some ludicrously cold temperament in hopes of finding inspiration in the frozen air. Unless I sucuumb to Arkansas, in which case all bets are off as far as inspiration is concerned. So, until next time, I leave you beautiful people with this thought imparted to me through John Green: There are an infinite amounts of numbers between 0 and 1. There is .1 .12 .112 and more than millions in between. Of course there are also larger infinite sets, such as the space between 0 and 2 or between 0 and a million. What I’m saying is some infinities are larger than other infinities, but each one holds its own piece of our communal forever. Do your part not to forget that no matter how small you may feel on any given day, you are and will always be infinite and whole, at least in my eyes.