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Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Adventure into the Unknown


 

“Dear Kamilah,

We have completed our review of your application and, unfortunately, we are not able to offer you a space in this year’s entering class…”

June 1st 2015 a fear had become my reality: I did not get into USC. The University of Southern California had been my dream school for the last year. All who know me knew how passionate and confident I was about being admitted into USC. I felt that I had had everything planned out and put together for the rest of 2015. I would attend the University of Southern California to obtain my Bachelor of Art degree in Media Communications, I knew what apartments I wanted to stay in, and I knew what activities I was going to get involved in on campus and off campus, I knew what church I wanted to serve in… I had it all figured out. It was the ONLY school that I applied to transfer to for the Fall 2015 semester; it was the only school in California that I felt connected to, the only school I dreamed of attending. Now that I didn’t get into USC, I no longer had a plan or a blue print for the next step I would take in my life after graduating from my community college. I had no back up plans. USC was it. Although I was heart-broken and fearful of my future after reading the first 2 lines of USC’s letter, I knew that I was not being rejected but I was being redirected.

[REWIND]

God loves to surprise me. He obviously had different plans for me. Allow me to explain how I was set up and what exactly went down prior to me receiving my letter from USC.

About 3 ½ months before receiving my letter from USC, I felt an urgency to purchase a one-way ticket to the East Coast. Telling little to no one, excited and unsure, I went with my gut and purchased my ticket to leave June 24th at 5:45am.

Then two days before I received the letter from USC I had met with a new friend who had been traveling, by herself, for 7 months. As she talked about her experience I came alive, more alive than I had been in the last year. In between conversing with my new friend, I boldly said, “I don’t think I will get into USC.”
STOP! Wait a minute. Did that just come out of my mouth? WHOAH! I know, right? I was shocked hearing that come out of my mouth, especially when I’ve been saying the opposite the last 9 months! What surprised me the most when I look back on that day was the fact that I said it with a slight smile and I had a tone of excitement in my voice.

My heart had been changing and I had just realized it.

My departure date for the East Coast was quickly approaching. I was both nervous and excited to do the thing my heart had been wanting to do: TRAVEL.

June 24th 2015 had arrived. At 5:45am I boarded the plane. My life had taken a turn. I walked into the unknown full of courage and hope. The dream I longed for the most had become my reality.

 
[FAST FORWARD]

As I sit in one of my new favorite cafes in Washington D.C. I am overwhelmed by Love. I cannot believe that I am actually living out a dream that has been in my heart for such a long time. I never thought that I would be able to purchase numerous one way tickets and do what I want. To live young, wild, and free. To have no obligations, no major bills to pay, no worries in life… nothing. Absolutely nothing. At 22 years old I get to travel wherever I want, whenever I want. My life is a dream.

For those of you who been wondering what was going on with USC, this is for you. For those of you who have been wondering what I am doing and why am I traveling, this is for you.

Fall 2015 I will not be in school, but I will be continuing my travels. I will be following and discovering what’s in my heart, exploring new places, meeting new people, working my business (JourneywithKam.org), finding new hobbies, finding me and becoming alive. I will be updating you all on my life through blogging, Instagram, and Facebook.

Through my blog I hope to awaken the dreamers to dream again and to live life abundantly. I hope to encourage those whose lives has taken an unforeseen sharp turn to trust their journey and know that all things work together.

 

SIGNED,

The fearless one

Peace&Love <3


PS- I will be applying for schools to start in either the Spring or Fall semester of 2016.
 

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