As my brother has been applying to colleges, I've been thinking about all the choices that I've had to make since graduating college, and how much I have had to grow up. Sometimes I still have days where I wish I could go back to high school where I was able to enjoy everything important to me, all at the same time-- family, dance, school. It was so much easier, and I had my whole life ahead of me... I didn't have to worry as much about my future as I do now. I think back on the decisions that I have made, and I can honestly say that I would do it all over again. I've made the right decisions for me, and hopefully I can continue to make the right decisions. Going to UVU and being able to dance while going to school was amazing! I would never take back that opportunity, and I have realized how much I took that for granted when I had that opportunity. But, at the same time, if I never transferred to USU, I would always have wondered what it was like, and I don't know if I could have lived with that curiosity. I have met many wonderful people here, and I can't imagine my life without them now. Most of all, while I have been here, I have realized that life is about being happy. Sometimes you have to give something up to realize how important it is to you, and what you will do to get it back. I thought that I could live with taking one dance class for fun, and that everything would be okay. But, I have realized that I can't stop dancing. It is who I am. Dance saved me from some really tough times that I was going through in middle school, and it helped me get through high school. I have a short time left at USU, and then I am going back to UVU and dancing. I have no idea how I will pay for the schooling, or what my life will be like afterwards, but someone with as much passion as I have for dancing, should do what makes them happy and teach others about that passion. In all honesty, I don't know if I will go to PT School after UVU. Maybe I will be a dance teacher, or something else, but I am going to do what makes me happy. As much as I try to plan my life out, day by day, I have no idea where I will be in 10 years, 5 years, or even next year. As much as I want to be swept away by some handsome boy and get married, I have no idea when that time will come either. But, I do know that I am putting my faith in my Heavenly Father. Today in my Institute class, we learned about a man who is a walking miracle. While on his mission, he was hit by a bus, and his family was told that he would not live. I got to hear the story from the mother's point of view, and it was amazing! The parents went to see their boy in the Brazil Hospital, and so many miracles occurred. After many trials and to the complete amazement of the doctors, the boy is alive now with full sight and normal hearing. I can't explain as well as the mother did the experiences that the family has gone through, but I know what an impact it had on me. The quote that the family lived by during this trial was, "The future is as Bright as your Faith." I believe that my Heavenly Father has prepared for me solutions to my trials, and that my future is Bright! I am going to put my Faith in Him, and I know that According To His Timeline, I will find what I am searching for. And, in the journey, I am going to be happy.
