why warren is the place for me
... my life. I persistently endeavor to live these ideals, encourage them in the lives of the people close to me, and ultimately the larger community we are all part of. Awareness and gratitude towards nature have been ingrained in me since my earliest memories by my father and his deep involvement with the environment. Nature was his sanctuary, challenge, duty, and source of vitality. I was raised close to nature and was taught to understand it as a wonderful system that is necessary for our survival and spiritual well being. Weekly, my father and I would spend time on the water and in the woods. During this time he would teach me about everything I was experiencing: the complex systems of nature and the peacefulness it offers to our lives. As I have grown up I have realized that this reverence towards nature isn't just a moral Danielle Emmet ideal that was proposed and taught to me as a child, but an ideal that has broadened my awareness as a human being and has entered my life, independent of my parents, and become part of my existence. This reverence and involvement with nature is and always will be of utmost importance to me. Coming across a college whose values parallel my own, is a clear sign that it is the place for me. I know that in attending WWC, I will be surrounded by people who share this same ideal, and I will be in an environment where my efforts in this area will have many opportunities and will be embraced. The second ideal I have recognized at WWC is that of one's part and responsibility in the community. The cohesiveness of my family growing up wasn't as strong and didn't last as long as I had wished. My mother is very experienced with the values of community, having lived on a kibbutz in Israel and in a Zen temple in Japan. These values are ones she holds very high and has incorporated in my upbringing. In seventh grade I experienced this way of life while attending a Waldorf School in Israel on a ...