should auld acquaintance be forgot.

This past semester, I learned that one of the foremost concerns in evaluating moral principles is the consideration of posterity- making decisions for the best of future generations. Looking to the bigger, longer picture. (That’s what she said.) I have made the decision to more thoroughly incorporate this in my practical existence. I was working at the ACU Foundation this morning, which is all about the future and its generations, at least in terms of giving the university money for those generations. And I had a thought. We are completely revamping our filing system to be more efficient, though the current system works just fine and the new system will require some effort in the process of the overhaul. Normally, it is not in my nature to make a solid extra effort to change things that work fine. But as I lugged a stack of files Ab-Al back to the “vault” as we so endearingly refer to the backroom where the files are kept, I realized there’s a certain value to this entire endeavor. It simply does not benefit the girl who graduated and will be moving on in a few months. I will just do the grunt work to make sure it benefits the future student workers of this enlightened place to which I am presently limited. Normally, that would frustrate me. But all of the sudden, this concept of bettering whatever place I am for its future inhabitants or workers has taken on a new value and meaning to me. I want to do it. Maybe this is the first step of becoming a post-undergraduate adult. I feel a little bit more pearl in the clam that I am.