This is one of my favorite quotes right now. I feel that I've worked really hard in my life to get where I am. I came from a really small town where not a lot of people make anything of themselves. Going to college and getting out of there is something that not a lot of people can do. Even many people who go to college end up back there and still get sucked into the lifeless cycle. The town itself is not so bad, the people there though are really something else. Going to college is actually looked down upon. I know a few people who think that I think that I'm better than them just because I'm doing something with my life. And in all honesty, why shouldn't I? I know that comes off as really bratty and stuck up but I worked my butt off during high school (Governor's School), 4 years of college (with 2 degrees, a concentration, and a minor) and now even into grad school. And up until grad school, I held a job. In high school I worked for my dad's office and then in college I worked a student assistant in the OT program and as a server for a catering company. I got accepted into 2 of the best OT programs in the country and am working really hard to get my Master's through these next few years. I think I'm entitled to feel a little good about myself. It's not something that just happened or was lucky, it's something that I've worked really hard at.
I bring this up because tomorrow I'm going home and I know I'll see many "friends" who have poor attitudes towards my choices and ambitions. I'm tired of feeling like I should be "ashamed" of what I'm doing, because I'm not.
After all, I've had quite a bit of "luck" in my life.
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