Finding Myself Again
Healing did not happen overnight.
It took weeks.
There were days when I still thought about her.
There were moments when memories returned unexpectedly.
But slowly, I started coming back to my senses.
My mind began thinking beyond the relationship.
I started asking different questions.
What was I doing with my time?
What did I want to become?
What could I learn?
What could I build?
One afternoon, I received a call from a campus alumnus who knew me and came from the same neighborhood and community.
He met me on campus and talked to me about things I had never really considered.
He told me I needed habits that would keep me focused on my studies.
He encouraged me to maximize my time on campus.
He told me to learn new skills during my free time.
He encouraged me to keep learning things that could help me build my career strongly.
Something began changing inside me.
I started looking...