My B-side

The Showdown: Utahopia vs. Home Sweet Home

A deciding moment as bold as a double yellow on black cement doesn’t happen to everyone. But you surely know one or two souls whose thoughts revolve around one event in their life that seemed to change everything. And memories and moments are grouped into two categories, before and after. There was a fork in the road. And they had to choose one life over the other not knowing where either path would lead. I’m at the fork, about to become a before-and-after person. And all I can think is Choose-the-Right…if only I knew what was right. My two lives: 1) I’m a Brigham Young University student. I’m attending my dream college and majoring in a field I had planned to excel in since my 7th grade year. I am regularly hugged by the spirit and am given many opportunities to increase my faith and testimony. I benefit greatly from the relationships I have made, my friends are always uplifting. I never see any of the bad in the world, the biggest crimes at BYU is parking offenses. However, I am incredibly uninterested in my classes and have found that my major is dreadfully all wrong for me. 2) I am an Indiana University student. I’m attending a college that is legendary in my family. I can visit them whenever I want because home is just 3 hours away. My best friend since the 7th grade is my roommate and we have the BEST of times. I attend institute once a week, but do not get the spiritual fill I did at BYU. However, I am given more missionary moments and my trials and temptations have made me stronger. I have a hard time with dating, there are few young men who share my values but I know that someday my prince charming will come. I am enjoying and excelling in all of my classes. I am an interior design major (a program not offered at BYU), my top career choice. I can see a hope and possibility in each life. So how do you Choose the Right when they are both right? Song of the Day: Jude Law and a Semester Abroad (acoustic version) by Brand New

posted by Melissa at 02:55