I've learned perhaps the biggest lesson of all...when you rely on your own strengths alone, nothing good can come of it...my strength (or so I thought) turned out to be my BIGGEST weakness! And I paid for it dearly...I hope that I can learn and make the best of it...
I realized this talking to my best friend on the phone tonight...I mean, I realized it earlier, but it really rang true for me tonight...that I should have not majored in Communications. Reality is, I hate it as a major! The only class I liked out of the entire major was interpersonal communications.
And my grades proved this. I had a DISMAL semester last semester with my worst grades EVER! However, with only 30 credits left in my degree, it seemed pointless to try and change my major...that would have set me back a semester in graduating...so I stayed in it. I don't care for it, but I do what I gotta do.
I'm learning y'all. Yes, it was quite a costly lesson. But now I really truly know I can do nothing apart from God. So now what am I telling all those freshman/soon to be college students?
major in your dream. Don't worry about finding a job or what is "practical." Because what is "practical" or what YOU think is your strength can end up being your downfall. No point in choosing a major that is going to make you miserable. School costs too much to be miserable!
So my lesson learned? Do what you love. God will make a way. All that I tried to do on my own, I miserably failed. But in those failures, I've seen what doors are still opened. And those doors that will never close...God had to close all the other doors in my face to show me what I should be doing all along.
In failure I've learned to cherish my success. In failure I'm learning not to take it too personal but rather than criticize myself, I use that opportunity to step back and ask God to show me the way. And in doing that, I know God is truly my lifeline...can't do it without Him.
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Hi. I'm glad that you learned this. I think at some point everyone has to. I'm learning this too in my own life. The only way to be truly happy is to go to school for what you love. If you're passionate about it, you will do well in it. Also, to never get the big head because God has a way of bursting that bubble and showing us our need of Him.
Great blog.