Finale of an Intellectual Journey

It has been a festive week with lots of toasting to the finale of an intellectual and reflective journey. The final class of my MPA program was last weekend and it couldn't of been a better ending. There were tears and smiles, reflections, stories of hardship and success, and even a little graduation ceremony.
It has been such a fruitful 18-months, in large because of the cohort and community we have developed,  the rigorous and progressive curriculum intended to stretch you mind to places you didn't know existed, the continuity and structure of classes and academia, and the world class leaders teaching and facilitating this growth.

Of course, like any ending the confusion and anxiousness of what next looms, sort of like wandering through the jungle without a sight line. I am excited to find my sight line though and know that this is not only the end of a journey but the beginning of a new chapter in my life.