Hi Cris

I doubt any words I can tap into my keyboard can help very much – but? I’ll try regardless.

My Aunt of 80+ years is in hospital. I love her dearly. She went in for some heart surgery. When the operation was over? Complications set in and they had to operate again. When the 2nd operation was over? She developed a kidney stone. They had to place her into a coma to keep her ‘still’ so that the contractions caused by the stone did not cause additional damage to her healing after the heart surgery. She has been in a coma now for about 3 weeks. things don’t look well.

Why tell you this? Because you have much more hope and potential for the future than does my Aunt. Sometimes it’s all in perspective. We compare ourselves to the expectations we had for our future selves and the way we wish things were. We lose sight of what we actually have.

There are lots of possibilities for you. It would be foolish for me to suggest what you might do… University is one choice. Engineering is another. Running a bakery with your family is another. and there are hundreds, if not thousands of other choices. Whichever you choose must be your choice.

What do you love doing? It’s a cliche – but no less true for all that – do what you love doing.

Take a deep breath – and count to three.
and then another one.
As long as you’re breathing – you’ve got something to hope for.

PAX