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In search of truth
Years ago, when I was a freshmen I used to live a dream life; I would sleep all day in school and skate all night. I would have lots of friends, and would never work at all. One day, I had lost everything. At that moment I had realized that all the bad s--- happening to good people. Why would god let this happen?
I had later picked up boxing, and fell in love with it. I was at the gym everyday, and ran every morning. I became close to my coach, as I would not be here without him.
I worked hard in school while I supported my family. I pretty much pushed myself to do THE best, not just my best. I was slowly maturing and learning more about life.
Now, I read the bible and wonder if I have a purpose. As of now, I am a high school senior going through alot of stress. My dream is to attend Harvard, but I am trying to get in only with the love of my family, and faith. It seems like the turning point of my life is approaching, and I would do ANYTHING to get in. It seems that the only way to do that is to have faith.
Does anyone feel like, or has experienced this? (Sorry for the poor grammar)
I had later picked up boxing, and fell in love with it. I was at the gym everyday, and ran every morning. I became close to my coach, as I would not be here without him.
I worked hard in school while I supported my family. I pretty much pushed myself to do THE best, not just my best. I was slowly maturing and learning more about life.
Now, I read the bible and wonder if I have a purpose. As of now, I am a high school senior going through alot of stress. My dream is to attend Harvard, but I am trying to get in only with the love of my family, and faith. It seems like the turning point of my life is approaching, and I would do ANYTHING to get in. It seems that the only way to do that is to have faith.
Does anyone feel like, or has experienced this? (Sorry for the poor grammar)
Having faith will get you no-where in regard to Harvard.
Having faith will get you a whole ass-ton of broken dreams.
My suggestion to you is this: Study hard for the SAT/ACT, and get a high score. If you can't get a high score, then look at places other than Ivy-league schools. Get some good solid references and have them write up letters that you can submit with your application.
Harvard is tough to get into, if you feel as if it might be too tough, start with a normal school, a state university, perhaps, get really good grades, and then apply for a transfer to Harvard.
Faith has nothing to do with it. Only hard work and commitment will get you there.
Having faith will get you a whole ass-ton of broken dreams.
My suggestion to you is this: Study hard for the SAT/ACT, and get a high score. If you can't get a high score, then look at places other than Ivy-league schools. Get some good solid references and have them write up letters that you can submit with your application.
Harvard is tough to get into, if you feel as if it might be too tough, start with a normal school, a state university, perhaps, get really good grades, and then apply for a transfer to Harvard.
Faith has nothing to do with it. Only hard work and commitment will get you there.
Please don't pin all of your hopes on this. You sound like a very hard-working student and I'm sure you're in with a chance, but sometimes these things just come down to luck. Be open to other life plans.
Besides which, assuming that God exists, since when has he given humans what they've asked for? The truth is, we often don't know what we want, and perceived 'failures' are often blessings in disguise. I myself failed to get into Oxford, although to be quite honest I would have been bored stiff with the number of essays I would have had to write, and I'm really quite happy where I am now.
Besides which, assuming that God exists, since when has he given humans what they've asked for? The truth is, we often don't know what we want, and perceived 'failures' are often blessings in disguise. I myself failed to get into Oxford, although to be quite honest I would have been bored stiff with the number of essays I would have had to write, and I'm really quite happy where I am now.
We often pray for things that we desire, that we believe that are the best for us. Sometimes our prayers are just weird, and making them true would indeed make to us actually more harm than good. It is not always like this, that a good job/university/career is good for us, it can often destroy our private life, or even our life in general.
I can see you are a very hard working and ambitious person - of course that's good. But that's not good, to become so dependent of getting to this particular university. There are a lot of paths that you life could go now, you can never be sure that this particular one is the best for you. Instead, it would be better to pray for what is the best for you, and you'll be surprised that God 's plans for you are actually much better than yours
I can see you are a very hard working and ambitious person - of course that's good. But that's not good, to become so dependent of getting to this particular university. There are a lot of paths that you life could go now, you can never be sure that this particular one is the best for you. Instead, it would be better to pray for what is the best for you, and you'll be surprised that God 's plans for you are actually much better than yours
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