International Bird Rescue's Los Angeles center releases a Blue-footed Booby found wandering in a Los Angeles neighborhood.
I've heard this said to people disillusioned by their professions, but I think the same goes for young almost-done-with-college youngins like myself: when things look bleak and you start to doubt the choices you've made in life, never forget the dreams and aspirations that (hopefully) brought you to where you are in life now. Striving towards the professional and personal goals you set for yourself can be empowering in ways that aren't obvious while you're still struggling to just figure it out. But that's okay. A huge part of life (I imagine) is about learning and changing and growing as a person, and as scary as change can be sometimes, isn't it a relief that we aren't necessarily bound to some pre-determined path? That we can make choices for ourselves and have a say in what we want in life? I wish everyone could be as fortunate to have this kind of opportunity. I say this as I'm up late yet another night, attempting to type what has to be the easiest assignment of my writing class. At least I know that once this task is finished, I am one assignment closer to graduating and heading towards more goals in my future. That I don't have to just watch videos of wildlife rescue and rehabilitation; I could be the ones releasing them.