College Update

I have now tested out of 4 classes and have accumulated 11 credit hours.
I have a 4.0 gpa and have finished my first 5 weeks.
This has to be my hardest week yet. The next five weeks include both and English and Communication, both of which are not my strongest points.

On Monday I watched a movie Akeelah and the Bee, while this was not the best movie I ever watched it did have a quote in it that I found remarkably uplifting.

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness,
that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?
Actually who are we not to be?
You are a child of God.
Your playing small doesn’t serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking
so that other people
won’t feel insecure around you.
We are all meant to shine as children do.
We were born to make manifest
the glory of God that is within us.
It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone.
And when we let our own light shine,
we unconsciously give other people
permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear,
our presence automatically liberates others.

- Marianne Williamson

Anyway, I will be spending most of my time at work or in class so my participation over the next five weeks may be sparse.

Thank you for reading.
David Bates