With it being my last week at work, I was feeling all sorts of iffy-ness this weekend on whether or not I made the right decision. Different failure situations ran through my mind and before I knew it, I went and freaked out again. I know, it’s bad, but old habits are hard to break. In my oddball way, it’s easier to expect the worst and prepare for that instead of being whole heartedly optimistic and open to the best possibility of change. And so, when I stumbled upon J.K. Rowling’s Harvard commencement address (entitled above), I felt a little bit of the load ease up and was able to breathe a little more deeply. It’s not a mind-blowingly powerful speech but more like a gentle reminder that in the end things will be…ok. It’s just nice to be reassured from time to time.
View the video and full text speech here.
i also read her speech. it was good but i like steve’s better =)
joy, i admire your courage to try new things. it takes guts to make big changes in life. don’t worry too much though. i’m sure you’ll be fine. at least you’re not a one trick pony like me.
it’s funny you mentioned steve’s speech b/c i re-read it after reading rowling’s. i needed all the inspiration i could muster over the weekend! pessimism is a b*tch but i hope i got it out of my system now…
i echo xin’s sentiments, jose! this will be a great experience for you and you should embrace it. but i know how it feels to constantly be waiting for the other shoe to drop. sometimes you just have to keep facing forward and make the most out of your life, come what may. that’s what i keep telling myself lately, anyway. we don’t want to be people who looks back at life to say it was boring and think about the woulda, coulda, shoulda. i am proud of you for doing this! here’s to a fruitful summer!!!
thanks samantha! it means so much to have you guys back me up. i cannot say it enough.