The Beginning of something.. Awkward

We've all been there before. That moment of silence and uncertainty. You enter a new stage and everything around is different from what you are accustomed to. Or maybe you're in the same place and someone says or does something that changes EVERYTHING.

Let's be honest, we've ALL had that awkward moment. We don't want to do anything, but at the same time we ALL know awkward levels will only continue to rise if people do NOTHING. Yet, we wait for other people to do something instead of us, because no one's sure exactly what to do as the solution. You might end up doing something wrong and making things even MORE awkward.

Then the WHOLE situation is your fault. So we wait, and that is how an awkward situation grows and this is how tension rises.

I'd say awkward moments, as horrible as they are; help us. They allow us to grow and see the mistakes in things that we may or may not have done and what we should of done. My awkward moment came at York's MAC Frosh Week. The moment wasn't necessarily someone saying something or doing something strange, it was the situation that I was now in. I knew virtually NO ONE at York in MAC college. All of my friends that had gone to York had found themselves in different colleges. As awkward as it was being with no one but strangers and not knowing how to act, what they would think of me and how they would judge me, I realized that this was the week I made friendships that would last a lifetime.

The Frosh Bosses helped too. Seeing them act completely insane and out there, helped me feel comfortable with being totally open with people I had NEVER met before. I can honestly say that If I didn't go to Frosh and I didn't develop the open attitude I have now, I would of never made the amazing friendships I did. As a first year student, I realize how intimidating this idea is but you must remember that there are so many more first years just like you waiting for someone else to break the awkward silence.

Thanks to the MAC Frosh experience, you can definitely expect me to apply and actually be a Frosh Boss myself next year. So, I invite you to join the cause and become a Boss. Take the opportunity to help future first year students break the universal awkward silence and help them to make friendships that may or may not last their lifetime. Who knows, you might help someone find their soul mate.

Anything's possible, as long as you open your mind to the possibility of hope.

- Francis Frustration