Discovering Life: Adages of a College Freshman

Discovering The Freshman. | March 17, 2009

Some time ago, I was told that if I kept all of my thoughts and emotions bottled up inside of me, I would eventually explode. Like most of the unsubstantiated advice we encounter in life, however, I provided it little attention, brushed it off, and went on about my way, bottling in whatever I so pleased.  I’d become a pro at it, too. I could see someone wrestling with a question and continue on my merry way, knowing all along that I had the answer. I could watch people fall and rest at night, quite content in the fact that I declined to catch them, although my arms were more than long enough. It wasn’t so much the fact that I didn’t care, but moreso the fact that I never figured my voice would be heard. I could contain the solution to cancer, but who would take the time to listen? Fully convinced of the answer, I continued to hide my thoughts and emotions in their safest haven: bottled up inside of myself. I called them adages.

But eventually, that warning took form. As life intensified, so did the adages. I felt the explosion coming. I needed a release…

…And thus came this blog.

Welcome. My name is Markevius Tywon Jackson, more known by many simply as TJ. I am a freshman at Auburn University, majoring in Political Science. I am a devout follower of Jesus Christ and him alone. I also happen to be a keyboardist going on my 4th year (or something like that). I would go through a list of all of my interests, but that could very well take up all of the time that I’m supposed to be using to discover life. In person, I’m quite reserved, so these writings may unveil an unfamiliar side of myself and my thought process that many around me have desired to know, but could never quite figure out.

My purpose for this blog is, mainly, to document some of the lessons I learn as I continually ‘discover’ the aspects of this journey we call life. After all, you don’t REALLY start living until you’re 18, right? Sure, that statement’s debatable, but for the sake of this blog, we’re going to assume it’s a scientifically proven fact. My goal is to present these lessons in a manner which is beneficial to all of those who read it. I’m not really aiming for a ‘Self-Help’ type of project, but instead, something more authentic. Real experiences with real consequences and real lessons that can be applied to real life. I don’t promise I’ll get it right everytime; can’t even promise that these ‘adages’ will be anything ground-breaking…but I’ll give it a shot – and if it doesn’t work…at least I got my release. It’ll kind of suck that you couldn’t get anything out of it, though.

In other words, let’s pray it works.  :p