"bound for glory."

so i'm browsing through facebook attempting to get in touch with my classmates from ayala. as i'm searching through familiar faces and old memories...i realize that about 80% of the people i see have gone to uc berkeley, ucla, usc, ucsb, ucsc, claremont colleges, byu, uci, ucsd, scripps, and the list goes on. all these great universities and colleges. and here i am with chaffey college, fullerton college, mt. sac, and now concorde. not prestigious or amazing at all. this was a blunt and very severe reminder of my inaction and lack of passion and academic accomplishment over the past four years. almost everyone that went to college from my year has graduated. one of them went to chaffey with me and now he's graduating from berkeley. another one is graduating from usc and he has a picture up of him sitting in front of a fountain with people in the water partying and dancing. and there he is dressed in a suit with arms wide open and smiling with a drink in hand like he's living the good life. actually...he is living it. as for me...i'm halfway through a vocational nursing program without any degree and with a half-hearted college career. do i love my life? no doubt about it. it's just that i could have been like my classmates who are about to start their careers and the next chapter in their live. alas...i'm still on the brink of the next big thing, in suspension. i've done a lot of good things over the past four years in college. i don't regret anything...it's been a wild ride with much suffering but much joy and love. but now it really is time to get down to business. i need to catch up. although i'm already late, i'm going to finish and finish strong. in the end...i know my college career isn't like my peers but it's going to be one heck of a good story...and it will be a long one worth noting for sure. right now...the complacent career student finally learns the lesson.