Will Faith Really Guide You Down The Correct Path?

I have to say, never in my twenty years of being alive did I expect that what has happened, would happen. When I was younger, I learned that bad guys go to jail and if you are good everything will be okay. But then, this happens; She did everything right her entire life. Now, she may be facing a dreadful future for something that she did not do. Why do they prosecute the poor? The innocent? This "amazing" government that America is supposed to have makes its profit off prosecuting the innocent because they are an easy target and an easy win. I personally know many people who are out there breaking the law everyday; Selling drugs, stealing cars, robbing people, these are all things that we could live without in this world, so why aren't our wonderful law enforcement out there fighting this?

Deep down I know she is going to be okay, and I know if I have faith everything will turn out the way it should. I just keep asking myself, will faith really guide us down the right path? A lot of things haven't turned out correctly in my life, but I really need this to go smoothly. She is a strong individual, a wonderful parent and has morals coming out of her ears. This woman does not deserve what is happening to her, and I believe that this is nothing more than a test. A test that she will prevail in, and in the end this will only make our family stronger. Right now, I do believe that if you have faith things will turn out right. I am hoping and praying that our family gets through this, and I hope that you all can do the same for me, and for her.

Faith: Confident belief in the truth, value or trustworthiness of a person, idea, or thing.

This blog is about starting a new beginning, and to start this change off I'll say some things I could never say honestly before. I have faith in her. I have faith the truth will prevail. I have faith that everything will turn out correctly, everything. && most importantly, I have faith that my life will be a miraculous journey to finding myself, and I will be happy.

Always Do You.

While I was in high school, I only ever saw one thing in my future that was a 100% certainty, college. All I wanted was to further my education, I wanted to be in a better position than my family has always been in, and I worked hard to make sure that dream would come true. For me, school always came naturally, yeah I still put in effort and worked hard, but I usually understood the material pretty fast. I took four years of Spanish, was in the National Honor Society for two years, and took 8 college classes my senior year (some of those classes including Physics, Calculus 1 and Calculus 2). Although I wasn't the biggest fan of school, I loved putting my knowledge to use and taking the mind I was given to figure things out. By the time it came time to graduate, I was 7th in my class and was deciding which college I wanted to go to. Funny thing is, for a girl who wanted desperately to go to college, I only applied to two colleges. Wayne State University and Western Michigan University. Why only two? WSU made the most sense when it came to staying around my current city, the college was right downtown and was known for it's medical programs. WMU, now that was my dream. Who wouldn't want to go to a school who's nickname is "Wastern Michigan". When it came down to getting away from this tiny city, meeting new people and partying it up, WMU was my answer. So, which did I choose... Wayne State. And why did I pick to throw away my dream school and attend a closer one? Sadly, as much as I hate to say, the reason was a boy. Now, I am not saying that this man had a say in my decision, it was my choice and it was my mistake. As you can probably assume through my word mistake, we are no longer together. I decided to throw away my education because of a male. Really Amanda? I ask myself that question everyday, along with What was I thinking?
Basically the synopsis of this story is I threw away my goal of a further education because of a relationship, and no woman should ever throw away anything for a man. If I could have known then what I know now, oh man how I would do things differently. I've been stuck in a rut for two years now because of a decision I made then, and now, I have no idea how to turn my life around. I want anyone that reads this, just to realize that you can't throw away your goals and beliefs because of a relationship. Concentrate on yourself and only you, because once you stop, you'll have no idea how to start again..

So lately I have been fixating myself on what I want to do with the rest of my life. I have been constantly thinking about careers that may suit me, and that are "reasonable" careers in today's economy. I want to succeed, and I want to do something amazing with the life I've been given. However, sometimes hopes and dreams just seem so.. out of reach. When I was younger I told myself that nothing was impossible, except as I grew up I realized that some things were just not an option. The funny thing is, I still find myself telling other people that anything is possible. I guess maybe just to give them a sense of hope, instead of the forever let-downs that life contains.

However, a while ago I heard a quote that in some weird way gave me hope. The quote was this, "What you do with your life is just one-half of the equation more importantly it's who you're with when you're doing it." This quote rattled my way of thinking, it doesn't matter if I know whether I want to be a massage therapist or a genetic counselor. As long as I have someone by my side throughout it, that will bring me happiness a lone. I don't know much about life, not just yet, but I do know that one day everything will make sense and everything will really have happened for a reason.