The Turning Point
I feel like I keep waiting for something to happen so that everything will be different. Mostly, I keep waiting for the moment when everything in my life finally snaps into place and I get it together and become the person I was born to be. Know what I'm talking about? Like when I was in high school, I was waiting to be 18. When I was in college, I was waiting for summer. When I was in grad school, I was waiting to graduate. In my 20's, I wait until I'm 30... and so it goes. Don't get me wrong, milestones are powerful and can signify great things, but at the same time they don't actually do anything to change you in and of themselves. Let me give you an example. A little while ago, I got a letter in the mail that was actually from my high school self. When I was in 11th grade my English teacher asked our class to write letters to our future selves and he promised he would mail them to us in 5 years. I was skeptical at the time, but as it turns out the man r...