I have had my share of almost!!! Almost fell in love, Almost got the scholarship, Almost got the job....I have many almosts, eventually I started to think I was jinxed but I washed the idea away and then I thought maybe I was doing the wrong thing expecting the different results but that was not it ether, so I just sat and enjoyed the almosts. As they came, I must have resigned to the pattern life had set. Until,I saw the beauty in my almost. At the end of the teary days, there was a glimpse of new hope that I found in my almosts.
When you are 23 and have almost got it right on a lot the things that life has to offer, to get it wrong on some, is heart breaking. I have lived it, I have cried through it but most of all I have grown. I really have grown!
So I am here to say, almost counts... it does a lot! Almost teaches you that dreams can be put on hold. Almost teaches you to keep hoping, it could be the next stop. Almost is powerful in creating hopefuls. I am a hopeful, there is a raw deal in knowing you are about to get there. Almost is a check on your patience, don't give up just yet, maybe it didn't open up this time but there is always a next time...there are always many next times. Eventually, you get it and you serve it up. You get your next in line moment. You fall in love, You get a better paying job, you study above and beyond. Eventually the odds line up in your favor. But the "Almost" created a bridge to keep going on.
And in the end, if you never get there, you tried and you almost got it right. Almost counts.
When you are 23 and have almost got it right on a lot the things that life has to offer, to get it wrong on some, is heart breaking. I have lived it, I have cried through it but most of all I have grown. I really have grown!
So I am here to say, almost counts... it does a lot! Almost teaches you that dreams can be put on hold. Almost teaches you to keep hoping, it could be the next stop. Almost is powerful in creating hopefuls. I am a hopeful, there is a raw deal in knowing you are about to get there. Almost is a check on your patience, don't give up just yet, maybe it didn't open up this time but there is always a next time...there are always many next times. Eventually, you get it and you serve it up. You get your next in line moment. You fall in love, You get a better paying job, you study above and beyond. Eventually the odds line up in your favor. But the "Almost" created a bridge to keep going on.
And in the end, if you never get there, you tried and you almost got it right. Almost counts.
