Anthony J. D'Angelo - "The most important things in life aren't things."
Life is a blessing.
Mississippi State has been the best choice I have ever made in my life. By far. I just feel so blessed to be in the situation that I am in here. PGM program, good room mates, great friends, great times, a caring university with caring advisors, beautiful campus......... Just feels incredible. I was filled with so much doubt and question first moving onto campus. Praying about it did nothing for me (I thought), and I was incredibly nervous about my decision.
I have started going out on the weekends for the first time in a while it seems like. There's a little place tucked in the cotton district called 'Ptolemy's' where all the PGMs go hang. Meeting new people is an exciting thing for me. In the past, I have just been so nervous and too afraid to be myself around new people. I was just locked in a box, and I wanted to let myself out so bad. Now, I have completely become the Garrett Powell that I want to be around people. My head no longer gets in the way, and I feel so at peace about it....... this is the thing that has stopped me for years- a constant road block that remained ahead of me no matter which road I took. I am incredibly happy and feel so accomplished by over-coming it.
Golf is going well. Just passed our 'Player Ability Test' yesterday by sinking a thirty-footer from out of the rough. I was incredibly exstatic. Today, however, it's not a big deal to me anymore, but this is a good thing. I love golf and love to compete, but I feel like I have matured enough now to where I realize my athletic performance doesn't need to dictate how good my life is. And I think that recent accomplishment tops them all. For a majority of my life I have left an athletic event either ruined or overjoyed after a performance. Sports ruled my life, and it caused me to live a shallow life. Although I am sure this is getting down-played in most peoples' heads, this is such a big deal to me. I feel liberated.
Let my changes and my passion inspire anybody who reads this- it's never too late to become the person you want to be. Stay devoted and you can do anything.
Autumn is almost here in full season, and I am in love with it. Just the cool weather, colors of the fallen leaves, the holidays coming up.... It's what I look forward to every year.
Life is good.
-GP