Everyone has goals and aspirations. We all get out of wack when things don't go our way. Personally, I think I have to have some 5 year plan, and since I don't, I feel like a failure. I had a 5 year plan, when I was 18. To be a college graduate, be married, and work with youth in a church, and be almost done with school for my masters. Well. I am almost 22, which means I have 1 year to accomplish all of that. Except for working with youth, I have been doing that since I was 18 anyways. I have 3 semesters of college complete, and no prospects of a boyfriend, let alone plans to get married. Soooo there goes my 5 year plan. It is certainly much less stressful, to just take life as it comes. Sure plans are good, but a lot of things we have no control over. I think we should make plans about the people we want to be, how we want to change for the better, and let the things we do help lead us to that.
Or maybe we should start thinking like Dustin, who just wants to make it to his 18th birthday. He is smart and creative, yet humble and realistic. He is from Germany and just moved to the United states, because he has a very serious heart condition, and is not taking well to his new heart. He is full of life and courage.
"Actually, my condition has been pretty good the last few weeks. Just about one heart attack every 2 or 3 days and I’ve been having heartbeats equivalent to an average person. Even though I still have to take 13 different medicaments a day, I feel fine! I got my new life expectancy just 2 days ago and it says I’ll have 8 more months to live. It remained the same, so it didn’t really decrease compared to the last time, but I think it will get harder soon. There’ll be more surgeries and tests in the states and its going to be pretty tough! "
Let's just be thankful for the time we have and just take one day at a time. Let's decide who we want to be.. and just.. become that person.
