bye bye summer...

Summertime has ended, but I'm bound and determined to not let the feeling of it go away, due to something so silly as school. I don't see any reason why beginning a new semester in school should suddenly make me feel confined or overwhelmed. This is my life! In the past, I have felt that "schoolness" coming on... it's possibly one of the most dreadful feelings. Like the quiet before the big, ugly storm that sucks your life away and leaves you feeling miserable. That's how school has felt to me up until now. But for Heaven's sake! It's freaking school, not a prison. I am so blessed to have the opportunity to go to a magnificent school with (mostly) very intelligent professors. Many young adults from other less-fortunate countries envy after the student-life that we are handed to as an expectation. I so take it for granted.

Anyways, so I have decided to make this semester dramatically different from all the rest. I shall not become overwhelmed by my studies. I will persevere through them, and work very diligently, but I will not let school define me. It will not determine my happiness or my self-worth. If I get a freakin B- in Chemistry, then I will be okayyy with that. Because in the long run, it really won't matter. As long as I give it my absolute best (honestly, I must), then I will still end up in the most terrific grad school, perfectly suited for me, following after a career in physical therapy that will be fruitful indeed.

I trust that Jesus knows exactly what He's doing with my life. So I must remember to give it back up to Him time and time again, when I begin to stress out because I don't have it all figured out yet. Of course I don't! I'm not supposed to!

So far, this semester has been wonderful.

I am learning to really appreciate all of my beautiful friends. God is so so good in bringing all of these terrific people into my life. Every single young gentleman or lady serves a specific purpose in my life, and I am beginning to discover those purposes more and more each day. I am so very blessed.