One can’t help but question themselves what future holds for them. What awaits me at that specific point in my life? What heights will I reach once I take this significant of step?
For a student like me, what will happen once I step out of the gates of high school? Will universities welcome me with a warm smile and open arms, or will it point me to the path where I’ll end up falling in the pits of void? Will society accept the person that I’ll become? How do I step out of this broad line and grow?
Everyone has a different take on what lies ahead. Some might be thrilled, but many people are as scared as I am. Fear and doubt will bubble inside my guts and heart. I will need to face new things on my own and handle responsibilities independently. “You’re on your own now, kid,” as what Taylor Swift said.
Will I be able to handle it?
My hands will undoubtedly be shaky as I turn the next page to the new chapter of my life, as I know that I’m far from denouement. But that trembling will gently calm down, as I remember the lessons I gained in the years in high school — the memories, experiences, and adventures. I will be reminded of why I’m doing this — the people who fuel and ignite my passion to be better and do better.
The future is scary because it’s unfamiliar, but I know that I’m not incapable. There will be more challenges — far harder than I faced — but I will not shy away or play small. There will be new people, new environments, doors of opportunities opening along my way. I will be thoroughly exposed to our society. I will fail, I will make mistakes, but that what makes me human. That’s the key to growth and success.
And I’m also curious of how high I will grow, how far I can reach, how well I will do, and who I will become after graduation. Will I find the purpose I’ve been trying to find my whole life?
Though I fear and doubt, I will also have faith and hope. Fear and faith require you to believe in something unseen — both requires uncertainty and discomfort. But I believe that I will reach that distant land on the far horizon. I will get where I want to be, where I am meant to be.
I may fear of what lies ahead and tremble with doubts about what’s awaits me after graduation, but I will not back down. The only way is forward. If I can’t conquer my fear, then I’ll do it scared.
And once I wear my graduation cap, I’ll wear the same smile I had when I first wrote my name, knowing that I’ll be seeing it in bold letters on my diploma.
