I have been fortunate to be traveling in Florida and Georgia for the last few weeks, talking to great students, at graduate fairs, in classrooms and various college societies. I have also had the chance to visit great alums, stopping by their offices and getting a chance to see how well they are doing and getting a glimpse into their life whilst they were students here at Sherman College.
But there has been one item in my travel bag which has been invaluable in visiting all of these places. Yes, my GPS.
My first week back on the road I did not have it, but my birthday was around the corner and when my husband asked what I wanted, without taking a breath I said I wanted a GPS. I knew it would help not only with getting from A to B, but help with the environment, not having to print off all those maps from Google or Map Quest! Not to mention wasting all that ink!
Never has been going from point A to B been so easy, even if there are detours thrown in along the way.
This got me thinking, wouldn’t it be nice if the road to Sherman College was easy as using a GPS. Enter current location, destination address, acquire satellite, calculating route and press GO!!!!!!!!!!
But just like when you are driving, life throws in little detours, traffic ahead…..inclement weather…….road work…….accident ahead……and sometimes all you can see is the arrival time at your destination getting later and later.
And yes, there will be some whose road to Sherman will be as easy as going from A to B, but there will be many of you who will have detours –a bad grade on one of the prerequisite subjects, an overall GPA that is too low, a nagging worry about quitting a secure job to pursue a new dream.
But so what if it takes you a little longer to get where you need to go – what matters is that you get there. And just like me, you WILL get to where you need to go. The detour is just a small hiccup, and perhaps there is a lesson to be learned from the experience. It doesn’t matter much if you get there a little later than you expected. The end game for you and me both is to hear the words “You have arrived at your destination.”
For you, this where a new exciting journey begins, but my destination is the next college visit, where I get to meet new and exciting students like yourself.





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