It is just now hitting me that I am leaving home in 4 days. That’s it. I have four days left as a permanent residence of my childhood home. That’s it. I have four days left to bask in the joys of my family as we gather together for jokes and laughs about Alana’s basketball career and my horrible card giving skills. That’s it. I have four days left to spend time with my friends whom I have countless jokes with. That’s it. I have four days left to stare at my orange and pink walls and peek out the door to see my sister watching basketball. That’s it. I have four days left of pestering my parents to check the mail as I wait in angst for a letter from my Howard campus pal. That’s it. I have four days left to enjoy “childhood”. That’s it.
Once I officially become a college student my mindset will be forced to change. I will have to go from do I really want this candy to do I really want these extra pounds. I will have to go from do I want to get up and go to my friends house to how long is it going to take me to get to the library.
I feel as a college student you have to change, it’s a part of life. The purpose of college is to expand your horizons as an intellectual thinker and that requires change. It requires change of an environment, it requires change of mind, and finally it requires a change of spirit. With all these changes that I must make to succeed I know that I will need a deeper connection with God. I know that I must seek him completely and he will give me the desires of my heart. I know the task before me isn’t going to be as easy as I wish it was. I know that the devil will try and tempt me with drugs and wrong friends and things that will kill me but I must resist temptation. I must do what Eve could not. I have to succeed, because in four days I’ll either sink or swim.
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