To tell you the truth, I am a person who lives and acts for mainly for the future. I do the things I do now, so I can live a happy and successful life when I am old, not that I don't have fun now. I'm talking about the big things like school, etc. And I would consider the future that I strive for to be my perfect world. I don't think my perfect world is too unrealistic. I am not a very picky person, nor am I greedy and want to be the richest person in the world. In fact, my perfect world just consists of my family and I living comfortably in an average 2 story, 4 bedroom, 3 bathroom home, a little bigger than the one my parents live in right now. I would like to have two of these houses though, one in the U.S. and one in China because those are the two places I would want to visit regularly. My family would own three cars: a Mercedes for luxury, and two Hondas/Toyotas to use in everyday affairs. I'd work from 8 to 5 everyday, get an hour in at the gym playing basketball or working out, and then go home and spend time with my family. On the weekends, I'd hang out with friends, go play golf, etc, go to the bars every once in awhile, etc.
Unfortunately, my life in my perfect world doesn't include much in terms of fraternal organizations. Honestly, it's not that I don't love my fraternity. It's just that I don't see myself doing a lot to help out with Pi Delta Psi except for maybe giving alumni donations. However, there are some things I would like to see happen. One part is of my fraternity that I do hope to keep in the future is the brotherhood, the life-lasting friendships I have developed with all the brothers in my chapter while I was at OSU. Even if we are living far away, in different cities, states or countries, I would still hope to be able to call them when I am around the area to hang out and catch up, or help me if I need help in anyway. I know that I would do this for them without hesitating.
Pi Delta Psi is a relatively new fraternity, and we have only been around OSU for 10 years. Our entire fraternity was only established in 1994. 15-20 years after I graduate from OSU, when I have settled down with a good job and a family, I would like to be able to come back to OSU someday, and see how Pi Delta Psi has grown. As of right now, we are expanding rapidly. In the two years that I have been in Pi Delta Psi, five new chapters and 3 new colonies have already been formed. We have about 25 chapters or so right now. In 15-20 years, I hope to see this number multiply by five. We have 10 active members in the OSU chapter right now, and within the next 15-20 years, I would like to see that number double or triple to 25 members or so. I think 25-30 members is a good number because every brother can still be close to each other. Lastly, no one in the Greek community really knows us other than some of the chapters in MCGC. I would really like to see Pi Delta Psi become a force in the fraternal community 15 to 20 years down the line to be on par with fraternities like Phi Kappa Psi or Sigma Phi Epsilon.
This is a far-fetched idea, and for me, it is only a dream of what I wanted to accomplish for Pi Delta Psi in my time at OSU. I am trying to pushing for these dreams right now by taking an active leadership role in MCGC, and promoting Pi Delta Psi at the same time. However, no matter how hard you try sometimes, the fact of the matter is, some things just take more time than others. Even though my perfect world in the future doesn't include much of the way in terms of fraternities and sororities, I have faith that what the groundwork I have laid in my time here at OSU for Pi Delta Psi and the fraternal community as a whole will be built upon by others that come after me.
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