Each New Day

Receiving college mail as a 9th grader, your 4-year plan of classes at
college, post-graduation plans, thinking about where to take our next
vacation. Our world is full of preparing for what comes next. And
preparation is good. As Benjamin Franklin said: "By failing to prepare,
you are preparing to fail." But how far should we go in
preparing for one thing that we fail to see what the circumstances
around us look like or what we look like.

I've been reminded recently as I prepare for this next year and
thought about what I might be preparing for in the future, that I need
to take things one step at a time. Any recent college graduate like me
is going through a lot of different experiences right now. I am about
to have my socks blown off by being in the thick of the manufacturing
capital of the world!

I hope to see each new day as a gift to savor and enjoy, being
sensitive to how I am molded and directed through the happenings of
life in this Eastern metropolis. Do not worry about tomorrow, live each
new day with eager expectation and an open mind.