“I’m not sure.”

That’s the typical answer I give when people ask me what I want to do with my life, what God’s plan is for me, how I see myself in twenty years, or even what I’ll be doing next month. I just recently compiled all of my college credit into a two-year associate’s degree from Bellevue College. My first quarter of college classes was in the Fall quarter of 2005, and between then and now I have taken more than double the credits that are required for the degree, and have taken classes at seven separate schools.

I have taken a very disjointed, circuitous path to completing my education, but have had wonderful and enriching experiences at every step of the way, and I have no regrets about the path I have been on so far. Now that I am getting closer to completing this next step of my educational journey, though, I find that I am asking myself those questions more often. “What should I do next? What do I want to accomplish with the next phase of my life? Is this what I should be spending my time on?”

At this point, I have grown accustomed to not knowing the answers, and I continue to pray for the same traits that I have found most helpful so far. Wisdom and Courage. Several of you know that this is my recurring prayer: I simply wish for the wisdom to know what to do, and the courage to do it.

Kirby White

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