I remember the exact day I woke up and realized that the entire world was waiting for me. It was a cold winter morning and I was in sixth grade. I had never thought that big before, in fact, I hadn't ever thought to think bigger than where I live.
Looking back, over ten years later, I am so grateful that I had that realization. Where you grow up is not where you are always meant to remain. I feel like we become numb to our surroundings, we get used to the everyday flow of things--just as I feel we get used to the people we see every day. I think this happens to each and every one of us in some way or another. We surround ourselves with the same people for so long, we can easily start to overlook things about them that make them special. I know I did this with many people I grew up with and it wasn't until college that I realized that these people had done the same to me.
Looking back, over ten years later, I am so grateful that I had that realization. Where you grow up is not where you are always meant to remain. I feel like we become numb to our surroundings, we get used to the everyday flow of things--just as I feel we get used to the people we see every day. I think this happens to each and every one of us in some way or another. We surround ourselves with the same people for so long, we can easily start to overlook things about them that make them special. I know I did this with many people I grew up with and it wasn't until college that I realized that these people had done the same to me.
I'm sure each of us remembers our first day at college. It was big, unfamiliar, and the first class we had to go to was terrifying, not to mention the professors. After all of this wore off, though, we started to feel normal, but not the same normal we were used to. It was a normal that brought about a breath of fresh air every time we turned a corner. A new possibility with every new face we met, every class we had brought us closer to knowing what we actually wanted to do with our lives, and each paper we turned in taught us lessons of how we shouldn't wait until the last night to find sources and how we need to start paying attention to the most minute of details.
It's amazing to look back on those first years, and chiefly the first two semesters, at how much I have grown as a person and how very thankful I am for everything that happened because it has brought me where I am today. I thank God every single day for directing my steps and leading me into my senior year of college, and I thank Him ahead of time for continuing to do so throughout my life.
What I am getting at is no matter what point in life you are at (high school graduate prepping for college, college graduate prepping for your first job, newly wed, new parent, retiree, widow), it is imperative to realize that there is always a door that waits unopened to be discovered for each and every one of us.
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