A Day in The Life of Law Student

So many questions

It's been almost 5 months since I have graduated from college. I used to think that I would live my life according to what happens. Where the sea brings me, I always go there. I bummed for several months after graduating. Enrolled in Law School after. And now, 2 months into law school and a big question is beckoning to be answered. Where do I go from here? I'm not sure if I want to be a lawyer. I'm not even sure if I have what it takes to be one and graduate yet again from the Ateneo. The only school I've been to and known since I was a little boy. Things seem so different. I am so lost. I do not know where I want to go. I do not know if this is the path I want to take. Everything seems so uncertain. For the first time in my life, I do not know what I want to do nor what I can do. The confidence I used to have with me is now gone. Now everything is a question for me. What if I did this instead of doing that? Can I survive? What can I do? Am I happy with my life?

I miss the times when I would just go to school and not think of anything else but having fun. But things have changed. Time has passed. Nothing is the same. It's like walking a long winding road without knowing the direction I want to go.

As I continue to live my life and desperately try to answer all these questions, I can only take refuge on this prayer. It's a prayer that has kept me sane in times of despair.

The Serenity Prayer


God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.

Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
Taking, as He did, this sinful world
as it is, not as I would have it;
Trusting that He will make all things right
if I surrender to His Will;
That I may be reasonably happy in this life
and supremely happy with Him
Forever in the next.
Amen.

--Reinhold Niebuhr

posted by Dane Umali @ 12:25 AM