Anonymous
Beloved of All
Hello everyone, could you please pray for God to will success regarding my transfer applications that I have sent out to some colleges?
I'm a young man who is starting my second year of college. Frankly, I neglected academics in high school and it caused me to not be left with many choices for my college education. While I'm sure I could describe various excuses, I ultimately feel like it was my fault for not utilizing the resources around me. That's in the past, and I have been doing my best to focus on the future and what can be done in this moment. I'm going to my state university and I elected to study computer science, something I had no real organic interest in and only picked because it it paid well. I preformed well in academics but, it caused me to be overly negative and neglect opportunities and relationships with the people closest to me and myself. I switched majors to something else, but part of me is aware that continuing to study here is not what I want as I feel it's not the right environment for me. I think my greatest sin is sloth, and I have been making a very conscious effort to work on that. Most of this comes from my inaction and fear to take risks in my life and peruse what I actually want. I'm not perfect but I have been working hard to make this work, I have achieved the highest grade possible in all of my coursework. Admittedly, I could have done better with parts of my application, but its been difficult sorting it out during the school year, over break I will have a chance to apply again and will hopefully be able to form better applications if I am not accepted now. I feel selfish asking for this request when previously today I asked for help regarding a personal relationship, however, I was encouraged on faith retreat I recently took with my Catholic roommate that it's important for believers to pray about everything with conviction, as long as it has meaning. Part of me feels bad asking God for this because I know he has a plan for me and I'm sure there are others who applied who want this as much as I do. I am really excited about the schools I applied to, particularly Notre Dame as it's an environment closely connected to God and also happens to be the school the love of my life is attending. I am excited of the prospect of studying something I have greater interest in like classics or history and living with less stressful and anxiety, and the resources that these institutions provide along with a chance of meeting more like minded people. It's been hard battling and coming to terms with my sins and trying to have a Pious life, but I really am making an effort, and vividly picture my time and these institutions helping significantly to mold me into the man I want to be for not only myself but for my friends, family, and most importantly God.
Thank you for reading.
I'm a young man who is starting my second year of college. Frankly, I neglected academics in high school and it caused me to not be left with many choices for my college education. While I'm sure I could describe various excuses, I ultimately feel like it was my fault for not utilizing the resources around me. That's in the past, and I have been doing my best to focus on the future and what can be done in this moment. I'm going to my state university and I elected to study computer science, something I had no real organic interest in and only picked because it it paid well. I preformed well in academics but, it caused me to be overly negative and neglect opportunities and relationships with the people closest to me and myself. I switched majors to something else, but part of me is aware that continuing to study here is not what I want as I feel it's not the right environment for me. I think my greatest sin is sloth, and I have been making a very conscious effort to work on that. Most of this comes from my inaction and fear to take risks in my life and peruse what I actually want. I'm not perfect but I have been working hard to make this work, I have achieved the highest grade possible in all of my coursework. Admittedly, I could have done better with parts of my application, but its been difficult sorting it out during the school year, over break I will have a chance to apply again and will hopefully be able to form better applications if I am not accepted now. I feel selfish asking for this request when previously today I asked for help regarding a personal relationship, however, I was encouraged on faith retreat I recently took with my Catholic roommate that it's important for believers to pray about everything with conviction, as long as it has meaning. Part of me feels bad asking God for this because I know he has a plan for me and I'm sure there are others who applied who want this as much as I do. I am really excited about the schools I applied to, particularly Notre Dame as it's an environment closely connected to God and also happens to be the school the love of my life is attending. I am excited of the prospect of studying something I have greater interest in like classics or history and living with less stressful and anxiety, and the resources that these institutions provide along with a chance of meeting more like minded people. It's been hard battling and coming to terms with my sins and trying to have a Pious life, but I really am making an effort, and vividly picture my time and these institutions helping significantly to mold me into the man I want to be for not only myself but for my friends, family, and most importantly God.
Thank you for reading.