A New Beginning

It's been over two months since my last post, but really: nothing has changed. Sure, I have heard back from several of the schools I was waitlisted at, only to learn that I am in the "high priority" sections of their waitlists. In the end, that still means I'm not actually accepted anywhere.

Graduation was what I like to call "the big stick of reality hitting me in the face". I have been on this "med school or bust" track for the past 5 years, having every step of the way planned out. Sometimes, you can't take into account what life will throw at you and you have to be flexible. I am finally at the point where I can accept this and work through it. So what if I'm not in med school next year and don't have a job?

I now have faith that life will work out and, in the end, all will be well. I have lived the last two weeks in absolute happiness. I've reconnected with old friends, became closer with some favorites, and my best friend came back from her semester abroad. I've almost 100% decided to do a year of service as a Baha'i youth in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. I would spend my time volunteering at One Planet international school as well as, hopefully in my spare time, a fistula hospital. The only thing holding me back, at the moment, is finding the funds to purchase a plane ticket over there.

As my Little says: everything that's meant to happen will happen. Life will work out, eventually. It's going to be an adventure, and now I'm ready for it.