One Day at a Time

We stood there for 3 hours. Drenched in the rain, wind blowing our soaked hair in every direction, fingers and toes were doing nothing but numbing as time passed by.  My name was called. I walked across the stage, to receive my high school diploma! That was it; I was done. It felt incredible. These past 4 years have been nothing but a straight learning experience for me. I've learned algebra, theater history, how to write an essay with minimal usage of "to-be" verbs...but I've also learned characteristics of a good friend, what make-up to use, the unimportance of a social status, etc. Everything that would actually help me in life has landed in my brain to stay. As i went on day to day, nothing changed and I felt as though I had learned nothing. Looking back, everything has changed and the knowledge I have been able to encounter is still rambling up there somewhere. Along the journey, there was heartache, broken trust, lost dreams...but there were also friendships made, lessons learned. I couldn't be more grateful for the obstacles  that have come to me during high school that made my strength grow. I felt so prepared at the end of my high school career and so ready to move on to the next stage of my life, College. But now I look on to my future, and it is just as  scary as my first day as a freshman in high school. College, a job, a social life...balancing that all just seems to be so far from what I can handle. College has always beheld so much excitement and freedom! But at the same time, it takes responsibility and courage. I'm not prepared for this at all! I only have 3 months to pack my stuff up, find a job to pay for an apartment and food, get all the necessities that college life will require etc. I have so much to do and though 3 months sounds extensive, that is not enough time. With all the college kids, and recent graduates home for the summer, the opening of jobs list has become shorter and shorter. Even though I am constantly searching, nothing seems to be happening and no progress is to be made. How am I going to pay for college? Will I be able to eat? If there is no job in the ranch, there is definitely  not one in the Burg. And when do I have time to pack all my stuff, write thank-you notes, buy all the things I need, if I am constantly spending my time for a job? All these thoughts and yesterday suddenly became a freak out. How do I do this. With the help of my close friends and the beautiful family that I have been blessed with in my life, I remember everything I have learned these past 18 years of my life will get me to where I need to be. I am prepared. The only thing I can do is take it one day at a time. 

“One day at a time--this is enough. Do not look back and grieve over the past for it is gone; and do not be troubled about the future, for it has not yet come. Live in the present, and make it so beautiful it will be worth remembering.”