I've never felt so excited, nervous, scared, and overwhelmed in my life. I feel like there is new beginning up ahead and I'm walking towards it. Every step I make leads me closer and closer to my future makes my heart race and my thoughts run wild. A part of me wants to slow down and enjoy my time being around the familiar. I look around and see the things I've grown accustomed to. I see my house, my old schools, the grocery stores, the parks, and food places. All of them remind me of special memories that I've had there. Times I would love to relive and others I use to want to forget but all special in many ways. As I continue to walk closer to my future I think of the people I've had in my life so far on the way. The ones I love and don't care for but all I wish nothing but the best. For some reason I'm afraid to let them go because they are so familiar to me. Their faces, their laughs, their demeanor. I can pick most out most them blind folded just by hearing their voice and laugh. I smile because I've had so many amazing people in my life and some who caused me some heartbreak but ultimately they all have taught me many things about people and myself. As, my mind continues to wander I start to feel tired and weak on my journey. My pace begins to slow down to the point where I want to stop. At this point I'm apprehensive and am filled with doubt. I ask myself what if I stayed? What if I turn around and go back to my safe place? Is there really anything wrong with being safe? As I try to contemplate what direction I should take I realize why I began to slow down. I slowed down because I was too afraid to let go of my safe haven. I didn't want to lose the people in my life and memories I made. I slowed down because I have a slight fear of being not only a fish out of water but failing. Those that I've grown up with know who am I as a person. They know my strengths and weakness and I don't have to pretend in front of them. But, even though I have these people in my life now I come to a revelation I'm so worried about leaving these people when they've already left me. They are out making new memories and doing their own thing and they are also walking towards their futures. They couldn't take me with them and I can't take them with me. But I do know they will always love and support me. With a new perspective on things I start to walk forward and soon realize that my pace has picked up more and more. Faster and Faster I walk. Walking turns to sprinting, and sprinting turns to a full out run. Still excited, nervous, scared, and overwhelmed but more confident. As, I continue to run I begin to come to a stop. I see a door at the end of this very long trail I've been on. I close my eyes, take a deep breath in, and release it out. I put my hand on the knob, take one look back and slowly open the door. I am ready to see what wonderful things are in store for me and ready to embrace this new beginning.