i will leave behind and people and things that i do not know that will become part of me. i know that i will feel joy and grief. i know that there is beauty that i have not seen and lessons that i have not learned. i know that there are things that i will discover, things that i will write, and things that i will make my own. i know that there are new dances to dance. i know that there are those things that will bring me closer to god. but, above all, i know that the other side of the gate holds god’s vision for me, the 