Always upholding something.
Making a promise.
Swearing to do something.
When I joined Pi Phi I took an oath to uphold our values. Not just for that year, not just for my college years, but for life. Upholding that oath is a true test of character. Choosing not to stay true to your promise, or oath, is betraying your sisters and your chapter as a whole.
On March 18, 2010, I swore to be forever faithful to the wine and silver blue, the angels of Pi Beta Phi.
That is an oath I will forever carry in my heart, something I know never to forget.
The Greek community as a whole sometimes forgets the oath that we made. It sometimes get thrown to the wayside in place of more "pressing" issues, such as a recent drama in the house, or a controversial change made. But an oath is something we can always look back on. In staying true to my oath, I allow others to depend on me and trust me. I expect my sisters to hold me accountable to the oath I made, and I know I am responsible for sticking to my word.
An oath is something that makes the Greek community unique. Not all organizations have their members take an oath. Maybe this is part of the reason Tyler always tells us that our organizations are some of the most relevant to today's society.
Chelsea,
ReplyDeleteI really like how you emphasized that by breaking the oath we made to our fraternity/sorority we would be betraying our brothers, sisters, and chapter. I never thought of it that way. I would see breaking my oath as disrespecting what my founders set as the standard. Maybe by making the oath more personal by seeing it as a pact that unites all the sisters more of us will actually keep that promise.