Here's a Start

On Friday, I received a letter in the mail from Lawrence University informing me that I was put on their waiting list. I was really upset at first- the school was my first choice and I have been dreaming about going there for a little less than a year. The school felt like home and that's something my other choices were lacking.
I have had a lot of advice thrown my way in the past few days. Among the best I've gotten:

♥ "You have to trust that even though you may not be going down the road you had hoped that does not mean that is the wrong one"

♥ "I think you already gave yourself the best advice: 'I have no idea which way to turn other than to God.' "

♥ "All good things are not lost. "

and then of course there's:

♥ "If you ever want to burn college brocheures or something, I am totally up for it"

One of my friends gave me something more than just words- he showed me something I needed to see in the moment, and it was one of the things that made me want to start this. It's a video of a man named Randy Pausch, who I have heard of but never looked into.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=_b0CJfRU1CM

After seeing the video I did a little more research:

http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~robins/Randy/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Pausch

I think that trying what he has to say will help me figure out who I want to be, starting from the ground up.

If you are reading this and like what you see/hear, please contact me. I'd be more than happy to add you as an administrator of this blog.

In love,

Lauren