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Originally Posted by kateee
Thanks. I over think things way too much. It was hard though, being so focused on popularity in high school, and then coming here and seeing it again. but i really belong in Chi Omega, I honestly do.
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You are growing up. You are maturing. You're way ahead of many (most?) other freshmen in college, who are still stuck in that outer-focused thinking. You're seeing that it's not about popularity, which is dependent on what other people think, say, feel, or do; it's about who you truly are, about being authentic, and following your own North star. This is a valuable life lesson and you're way ahead of the curve. If I knew where you were, I'd get in the car and take you to breakfast. And I'd buy you a beautiful owl charm to wear on a necklace so you'd have a tangible reminder of your commitment, your personal growth, and your self-recognition that your values are what's truly important here and you are where you belong.
Reputations are trivial, short-lived, and meaningless; some of the very best Panhellenic (and I include NPC, NPHC, MCGC, etc) women I am privileged to call friends come from GLOs who haven't initiated the most women, or have the most chapters, or have the largest or best facilities, or the snobbiest alumnae, or the prettiest badge (gasp! I admitted my badge envy once again; go ahead and clutch those pearls, ladies). Not at all. They are women who live the vows they took when they were initiated; in their day-to-day lives, they are examples of how to behave in a way that represents the best of all our organizations. They aren't hanging on to the past; they aren't snobs; they don't think one GLO is better than another in any way, shape or form. They are generous, hard-working, funny-as-hell, loyal, supportive, compassionate, tough, intelligent, and I consider each and every one a sister, regardless of the letters they wear.
I hope you'll stick around GC, I think you will have a lot to offer here. And I hope you fall in love with not only your own GLO, but with all the GLOs, and that it brings you the same rewards it's brought me.