Letting Go of a Dream

Lately all I've been able to think about even dream about is how I had such an amazing opportunity and I turned it down. How I turned down one of my only dreams I have ever had in my life to stay where I was. I didn't have much at all either. Nothing special that I couldn't of gotten where I was going to go. I had a chance to go dance for a High School dance team that is amazing! This team did things I wished I could do everyday of my life and I made that team. That team of girls I looked up to and I made. That's a feeling I will never have ever again in my life. I couldn't even explain in words how amazing knowing that I did it! The one thing was that if I went and danced for them I would be leaving. I didn't have much at home but what I did have I wasn't sure I was willing to give it up even if I could get it anywhere else. That was one of the hardest choices I have ever made. One day I was really thinking about the pros and cons. (Yes, sadly I made a pro and con list! I know dorky but it helped TONS!) All of a sudden it hit me. I wasn't willing to give up what I had at home. That minute I let go of my dream of dancing for that team. That will never be full filled but I have come to terms with that. Not all was lost from that though. I got that amazing feeling out of it. I got the gratitude of knowing I could have had it if I wanted it. I know that I was good enough for that team. That I was just as good as those girls and that's something no one can ever take away from me no matter how hard they try they will never be able to do it! Today as I look back on my choice to not dance I don't regret one once of it. I have gotten so much more than I would have gotten if I would have gone away. I got things that pass any dance team! I got everything that I'll ever need in life. (If you don't get what I mean by that you will one day and you'll love it) By not leaving and full filling 1 of my dreams I made many more. I have learned when you give up one thing you get many things in return and that's what happened to me. So as I leave you now I have one question for you... Have you ever had to give up a dream?

Yours truly,

Mrs. Maranda