Everything Happens
for a Reason
It was one week before high school graduation and Susan
still hadn’t received her acceptance letter from the University of
Oklahoma. Susan didn’t think that she
would even be accepted, because she struggled with school, but this was her
dream school so she had to try and get in.
Even though Susan had hardships with schoolwork, she was very privileged
at home. It was just Susan and her mother who lived at home, and she was a hard-working mother who provided Susan with anything she needed, except for the one thing she really wanted, which was intelligence.
(This photo represents Susan struggling with school. Source: Pinterest)
Being on the cheer squad and playing soccer and volleyball
made Susan pretty popular during high school.
She had tons of friends, but never really had any classes with them
because they were in advanced classes, and she was in regular classes. Susan was placed in the regular classes
because her test scores were not high enough for her to be placed in advanced
classes with her friends. Let's get this
straight; Susan was not dumb. She just had to try much harder than most
students. Early in life she became very
frustrated with the fact that school did not come easy to her, and she found
many ways to keep passing each grade.
One of those ways consisted of hours on hours of tutoring, and asking
for help.
Graduation night had finally come and she still hadn’t
received an acceptance letter. This
upset Susan because all of her friends had received all of their letters long
ago. Susan had a back up-plan, and it
was to stay home and attend the junior college in her hometown. Even though this was not her original plan
and was upsetting to her, she soon realizes why things happen for a
reason.
During Susan's freshman year of college she found out that her mom had been diagnosed with breast cancer. Her mom had treatment every day for three
months, and because Susan was still home she was able to be there for her mom each
appointment. Appointments took about an hour each maybe even a little
longer. During that time she would study and work on her re-application for the
University of Oklahoma. After three
months of treatment her mother was declared cancer free, and Susan was able to
put a lot more time into her schoolwork and her goal of getting into OU.
Susan eventually resubmitted her application and patiently
waited for a response. After about two
and a half weeks Susan received a letter from the University of Oklahoma. She ripped the letter open to find that she
had been accepted, and she cried tears of joy.
She soon worried about how hard the schoolwork would be for her, but she
quickly reassured herself. Susan knew
that she would succeed because all through her academic career she had learned
how to work harder and ask for help when needed and knew that she would be
able to carry these traits with her through her time at OU.
Ever since her mother's cancer Susan never felt sad or upset
about not getting into OU when she wanted.
She learned to accept that she had to work harder than other students,
and that because intelligence didn't come to her naturally didn’t mean she
couldn’t succeed. Susan also knew that
if she would have gotten into OU the first time she wouldn’t have been able to
be there for her mom like she was, and to Susan being there for her mom meant
more to her than going to her dream school.
Of course Susan gets tired of working harder than other, and feels
unfairness often, but overall she has learned to appreciate the brain she was
given, because her situations have taught her life lessons that will stick with
her wherever she goes.
Author Notes:
This week I read the stories of women from the Bible. This story
is mainly based off the story of Sarah from Genesis. Sarah waited for a
child for a long time and finally became pregnant when she was much older. Sarah
found herself frustrated but trusted that God had a plan for her. In this story Susan learns the lesson of
acceptance. All Susan wanted was wanted intelligence, but life had other plans
for her that happen to work out better then the ones she had for herself.
I think it’s important to remember even if things don’t go your way to not get
overly upset about it, because soon enough you will see that everything happens
for a reason. Overall the main goal of
this story is to remember that life is going to move on, even if life isn’t
going the way we want. We must learn
from Susan who struggled for so long with her schoolwork that frustration is
not the answer. We must always look at the bigger picture, and accept that fate
chooses us. That we should enjoy the fate that we have. I think that Susan learned that once you
learn to accept certain situations in life, the ride will move on
much smoother.
Bibliography:
'Everything Happens for a Reason' is based off the story of the story of "Sarah" in the Bible.
