Wednesday, August 3, 2011

In pursuit of a PhD & general awesomeness

So...I'm still amazed that I will soon be a PhD student.  I thought that PhDs were for extremely intelligent and research-oriented people.  And the idea of being colleagues with my professors within five years seems inconceivable.  I don't feel that I am much different than I was as an undergraduate when I almost didn't dare apply to a Masters program for fear that I would never get in.  A part of me questions my ability to belong as a PhD student.  But I feel at peace that what I'm doing is congruent with my life mission, and I believe that the Lord will help me.  To quote Elder Bednar, "I will go where the Lord...want[s] me to go, I will do what they want me to do, I will teach what they want me to teach, and I will strive to become what I should and must become. In the strength of the Lord and through His grace, I know that...I can be blessed to accomplish all things."  So I will soon be off in pursuit of an awesomeness that seems beyond me.  And in the strength of the Lord, I will be successful.  Somehow.  

1 comment:

Receli said...

I feel the same way... but at least you know that you have the potential to be nerdy enough to be a PhD... right?