So close

I am so close to being free from the constraints that also serve as passage ways. I'm talking about school work guys. Thursday will be my final day. It's so close but yet to far away. I can taste it as I study for my finals. I have two papers to edit and two finals to take before I am completely done with my Freshman year. It's bothersome that all of my few friends are done with school and basking in summer time glory. The sun is bursting through my recently renovated kitchen as I write this. I'm taking a much needed break. But then again success and progress doesn't take too many breaks. I have my eye on the prize and now that I just finished watching the second to last episode of Oprah I am even more motivated and inspired. Oprah hasn't directly done anything for me, but her success will indirectly contribute to my potential to succeed. Seeing the hundreds of Morehouse graduates has further enhanced my desire to earn my Bachelor's degree and then move onto pursue post undergraduate endeavors, whatever those may be. And of course seeing so many Black men freshly polished with a degree in their repertoire has also enhanced my desire to marry a strong, educated and respectful Black man.

Ugh pardon my momentary digression, it's been an interesting year and I'm grateful for every opportunity I was given to succeed. But it's only the beginning. I have three more years to prove myself and succeed. Today's success is only the beginning to a future of successes and failures. Now back to my regularly scheduled studying.

xoxo