Ariel Powell ‘14, JFOU Fellow

Recently I finished listening to a book titled A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle. In this book, Tolle explores how one’s ego can negatively affect their life and ways to take power away from the ego. One phrase that stood out to me was, “this too shall pass”.

Ariel Powell ‘14, JFOU Fellow

During my break from J.F. Oberlin, I did some traveling. First I went to India with my Japan co-fellow and then I popped in to America for a secret visit home. And throughout all that traveling I realized something(s) about myself that I’m not sure have fully come to the surface yet.