This past summer has brought a lot of grown-up things I've had to confront, most recently, taking on my college loans. This however, is no reason to balk at this process. As I thought of sending in the loans, I realized there were people on the other side of this messy bureaucracy of lend and repay. With that in mind, I decided to write them a little note on my first payment envelope. It went something like this:
Dear College Loan People,
Because I will be repaying my college loans for some time now, I thought it prudent each month (pending these [payments] going electronic) to share with you some of the wisdom your loans have imparted to me. The first point comes from the poem "One Art" by 20th century American poet Elizabeth Bishop. She writes:
"The art of losing is hard to master."
I agree.
Comments (3)
Where's the photo from? - VC
isn't it the art of losing isn't hard to master?
@ottorinophc - yeah, but at the rate they're taking my money, I'm going to need some practice.