My wake up call

Did you ever reach a point in your life when you said to yourself, “What am I doing with my life?” or “Where is my life headed?” I feel that in some peoples’ lives they reach a point where they are just not happy with the status quo. They feel then that they need to do something meaningful and constructive with his or her life. This wake up call doesn’t always happen when it should happen. Some people are fortunate to get their call early in life and were always spectacular students, some don’t get it until high school when they realize that their grades really do matter then, some don’t get it until they almost flunk out of college, and then some don’t get it until later in life. I personally was the one who didn’t realize my true potential and calling in life until a course of events pointed me in the right direction. This higher calling was that of pursuing higher education to not just better myself but to better the community and the people around me.
I was not...