Have you ever noticed how the days seem to disappear from your life, when you need them the most? Those moments of absolute hope and joy followed by dejection, and then you try to find something to help you get out of bed, and it doesn't seem to be there. How do you live in a world where the roller coaster never stops? The great ups. The crushing downs. Who do you turn to? The best advice I ever got from anyone was a college professor. I don't know she realized she was even giving advice, I would carry with me for the rest of my life, she was just explaining how to be more than 20, living at home and how to get through college. She stood before the class and she said "If this is really what you want, then you have to do 2 things to achieve it, 1-Reach out and grab it." I thought well that makes sense, if you don't grab something you can't get where you need to be. Then she said " And you have to figure out what you are willing to give up to get there". What a thought, what am I willing to give up to get there? When the world is screaming at me to stay in bed, I have to stop and count what I will give up if I stay where I am. Funny sometimes the world loses, but more times than not, I end up out of bed. I may not have gotten that doctorate, but she gave me something better I believe, a reason to count the blessings.
