So...I did it! I completed my second summer at Oakcrest and my fifth summer at an LDS youth camp. Who would have ever thought I'd be able to say that?? I sure didn't.
To say just a few words, the summer was amazing. I met incredible women and young women, formed wonderful friendships, was able to get my spirituality back in order, and (as posted earlier) received some great revelation and insight concerning my personal life. The journey was long and at times difficult, some days I just wanted camp to be over and for me to be back home, but the rewards and blessings far outweigh the sacrifices I made.
As I was driving home Saturday morning, I realized how Oakcrest had become my "safe place"--the place I went to so I could escape from real life. It was so easy to feel at peace with and unafraid of life when I didn't have to deal with it. But that's what's so great (and scary) about mortal life: it's always changing. Sometimes life changes for the better, sometimes for the worse. Sometimes change can be the best thing to happen, sometimes it can be the most terrifying. Regardless, change always happens, change is the only constant variable.
So what's next? What awaits me in the real world? Tomorrow, two days after camp has ended, I start my full-time "big kid job" as an SLP in Granite School District. And to say the least, I am absolutely terrified. I also start studying for the GMAT so I can apply to the PMBA program at the University of Utah in Spring 2014. I'm hoping to find a great place and move out by the end of October. I'm also hoping to find a great Pomsky puppy and name him Hercules.
I go back and forth between absolute elation and absolute fear when I think about the immediate future. I know that so many good and wonderful things are coming my way, but I also know that some not-so-good-and-wonderful things are headed my way as well. However, it is my reaction to those not-so-good-and-wonderful things (and the good and wonderful things too) that determines the outcome. Pres. Uchtdorf said, "It is your reaction to adversity, not the adversity itself, that determines how your life's story is going to develop."
No matter what life brings, what curve balls I'm pitched, what rollercoaster I ride, I'm going to be okay. My life is in the Lord's hands. He's got my back, He always does.
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GMAT ... PMBA ... when did this all happen and why?? You are so good and motivating to me who is sitting my bum right here on my couch and not even thinking about ever going back to school!!
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