As many of us have already moved back to our assorted college campuses or we are packing to begin our move back to college, we have many people who stop us and begin asking what our plan is or where we are on our four-year track. Even for those who just recently graduated and are pursuing graduate school, job hunting or even starting their life-long careers, as the new school year begins, everyone is in that mindset to ask what you are doing and where you are in your journey through this phase of your life.
So, what's your plan? Are you on track? Are you happy with where you are? Do you like your major? Are you just going through with it because you're too far into it to switch your major? What are you going to do with your degree? Where are you going after graduation? Why? I thought you wanted to do this, instead of that? You know you won't make any money, right? Where did you decide to work? Where did you apply? Did you really apply there? Why? Why? Why?
These questions consume us and take over our mind. We begin to realize that we really don't know much about what we're doing. We want to become a child again and not have to "adult" but it's part of your journey to find yourself, to understand yourself, and accept yourself for who you are and what you want to accomplish with your life and what difference you want to make. There's a catch once you know what your dream is: go chase it! Who cares what anyone says or thinks because it's your dream. Yes, you might want your mom's opinion from time to time because she has your best interest in her heart, but it is still your dream, your journey, your lifelong race.
In the Bible, we are reminded that we should run a race of faith as we run our own race.
"Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endure the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of God." - Hebrews 12:1-2 [NKJV]
As we get ready to turn the next page in our story, as we set our feet to get ready to begin our next race, remember that God is always there through the good, the bad, the questions of your decisions, the anxieties, and the exciting times approaching as you start your next race.
It's time to take our positions again and run toward our goals, whatever they may be. For many it's graduation, for others, it's surviving anatomy and physiology or chemistry, or getting a good score on the GRE, or passing certification exams, or finding your dream job. Take your starting position. Fixate your mind on your goal. Run. Run your race to achieve your dreams.
