40 days to 40, day 21

   Day 21, twenty-one.  What would I tell my younger, 21 year old self?  I usually don't like questions like this. For one thing, I couldn't tell my younger 21 year old self anything because she wouldn't listen.  She's just too stubborn and going to do her own thing anyway.  And I would know because she is me.  Also, I believe everything happens for a reason, even the horrible,  embarrassing stuff.  I just couldn't mess with the base time continuum.  But if I really had to think about it?  hmm let's see.  When I was 21, I was in my last years in college and engaged to be a married to a man who would later dump me.  It was the end of my world and up until that point probably the most traumatic thing that happened to me.  Yes, I've lived a privileged life.   
I think I would tell my younger self.  'Hang on, its not the end of the world.  It's going to get better; weirder, but better.  Don't go to that party the night before your organic chemistry test. Stay home and study.  Believe me, you'll save us a lot of trouble.  Don't go see the Matrix when you have a hangover.  You'll fall asleep through the best part.  As a matter of fact, just dump that guy and go alone.  You'll have a much better time.   Then go to that party where you're future husband is going to be so you can meet him sooner and start your life together.   You are going to make some stupid choices and fall on your face (sometimes literally)  more than a few times, but always get up and always look up and set your eyes on Jesus.' 


The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test.  In life,you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.   -- Tom Boddett