I don’t know if I will get into art school.

What feelings arise? 

I feel carefully optimistic.

There remain choices in my future, but one decision (like if I should go to art school) doesn’t prevent me from making future changes. I am exploring these ideas and delving into various subject matters that interest me.

How is your difficulty affecting you? 

I’m pretty at peace and realize that life will work out anyways.

What is your part?

I am a bit worried.

The uncertainty that comes before making a leap, toes clutching to the gravel, that separates the edge of a cliff from the heavens, and the heart puttering out in a boat, uncertain if it should retreat. (Which path to take, but still have time to change any decisions, nothing in this life is truly binding.)

What are you learning? 

I don’t have any outstanding problems, I suppose.

I have recently overcome valuing other people’s beliefs, paths over what I really want to do.

Other people seek to affirm their own way of life by questioning others, but this does not make one path more correct than another.

What can you shift in how you view yourself, this situation, or others?

I have the power to choose how life will work out and improve my own skills in a beneficial matter.

How do you choose to respond to your difficulty?

I choose to appreciate the moment, to live in the boat of the heart. Time will move along despite any actions of my own.

I am motivated by the desire to articulate emotions, express myself, and to follow a path that will make me happy while recognizing challenges that are bound to manifest themselves in the future.

What is this difficulty teaching you?

I can apply this open attitude in the future to other obstacles and fully analyze my own thoughts to determine what my next course of action will be.

Accepting a lack of decision leaves me open to explore various subject matters with an unencumbered attitude. This will help me grow in understanding as an individual.

16 years