your smart, your wonderful, your brilliant

were the genuine words of a professor last night at the Psi Chi induction ceremony. I was inducted, yes, to the national honors society of psychology. The shindig went pretty well. A few good people, a couple amazing professors, and a few words. The first prof started telling us about grad school and how stressful yet rewarding it is and basically how to get in. The second, who is actually my Stats professor who I enjoy very much gave us her 2 cents. This woman is amazing. I am not going to go into detail about her life and the obstacles she endured but let me just say that after a half an hour of listening of how stressful and hard getting into grad school is, she made a complete 360 turn and shared with us some of the most motivating and inspiring words. She did something that nobody thought she would be able to do or want, not even herself and here she is, PhD from Yale and one of the most respected professors in Psychology, doing what she loves. I guess what I learned last night is that I really need to stop focusing in my life on things that are in the way or are an annoyance to what I want to achieve. I am not sure exactly what it is that I want but sitting there in that room surrounded by a bunch of people who are just as unsure of themselves as I am listening to these adults who want to help us was genuinely an amazing experience. Sometimes all it takes is for someone to shake you up and tell you that your worth it and then you really do see just how smart, wonderful and brilliant you are.