As we're living life in the present, we never really notice how fast times flies until we look back to what we thought to be the recent past. I had dinner with two of my favorite people last night, and for a part of our conversations, we took the time to reminisce about high school, the drama, the memories, the stress, and some of the many things that have happened since then. It got me thinking. I think the transition from high school to college just might be one of the most important times in a person's life. Just looking back at my own life since high school, a lot sure has changed, and I can honestly say, I'm not the same Anne that stepped out on that stage on graduation night!
The boyfriend has gone. My dad remarried and moved with my sister up north, and I'm now living on my own, for the most part, and living with an awesome family on the weekends. Instead of majoring in biology, I'm now a biochemistry major, with a minor in philosophy. And who would have thought my heart would find its calling in research, with the ultimate goal of being an M.D./Ph.D.! I've grown and matured so much as a person within these past two years, it's difficult to imagine it's only been two years! I've been the most independent I've been in my life thus far, and I've grown to appreciate life as a whole, with all its twists and turns, the good and the bad included!
So much can change in so little time, I'm excited to find out how the rest of my life will turn out. Will my life continue to follow the path I have planned so far? Will I become a completely different person in a few years? What will change, and what will remain? And the people around me--who will be around for a lifetime, and who will fade into the background? Questions, questions, yet as my mom used to sing to me, "Que sera sera, whatever will be will be. The future's not ours to see. Que sera sera, what will be will be." There's no fast forward in life, no sneak peeks, no previews. I guess we'll just have to live every moment of it to find out what lies ahead!
Bravo! Well said! It does, however, take a particular kind of person to find their groove as fast as you have. Some of us wander around a bit more. I am glad that you have had proper mentoring by your professors and have exercised the freedom to refine your goals and to discover what you really enjoy doing. You have also met the challenges of independence with loads of grace!
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