Friday, August 26, 2011

A Dream Deferred...(more like abandoned)


What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore– And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over– like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sags like a heavy load.
Or does it explode?
~ Langston Hughes

Yesterday was a bitter-sweet day. A number of my friends and classmates from High school graduated from the Ghana Law school. 
I have mentioned on this blog (I think) that growing up, I probably went through crushes on all the professions there were. 
Law was my longest-lasting crush...
So yesterday, I congratulated my friends and then sat to re-evaluate my life, a tad wistful. 
I never gave law a chance. It held my fancy the longest out of all my professional crushes and yet I never even went out for drinks with it.

You know that cute guy/girl you fancied and never dated but will always smile wistfully whenever you see them with another? 
No matter how happy you are with your partner?
I love what I'm studying now and given the chance to do it again, I probably still wont choose law. 
I'm excited to finish school and get my hands on impacting the world with all I am learning.
But for me, law will probably always remain, that cute boy/girl you see or remember and wonder,
'What if?' even if you don't want them anymore...

Do you have a 'What if'?

5 comments:

  1. aww so what are u studying now? u're missing out! Law is a kick-ass profession :p

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  2. Girlfriend you should have a very long date with monsieur lawyer; he is totally fly :-)

    But hey as long as you're happy with what you're pursuing now, it's all good.
    As far as the what if's go, i have a long list professional wise and otherwise wink!

    I haven't given up on them, as least not yet lol...

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  3. Awww! Don't be sad. Just remember that everything happens for a reason. Even though you didn't give Law a chance, thank God you love what you're studying now. That's what should matter most.

    I love the poem in the beginnning of this post. I had to interpret it, in one of my English classes a year ago. Very nice.

    I wish you all the best! :)

    foreversweetlybroken.blogspot.com

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  4. There are definitely a lot of 'what-ifs' I have. I'll still get around to doing some of them but for others, it's just something that will always be put behind me

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  5. well it's never too late for law, there are 50-something year olds in my class. so you might just have the chance to flirt later.
    my what-if is catering and/or tourism...i'm a go-getter ;) lol


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