Learning To Let Go by Georgia

Learning To Let Go by Georgia - November 2016 Scholarship Essay

At the end of every performance, there are tears. Tears that the show we just put on will never be performed again, tears that we will never act with the same group of people again. Every year I cry because friends are graduating, moving on with their lives, and leaving the rest of us behind. This year I cry because that person is going to be me.
Graduating high school is a terrifying thought. Leaving behind everything I’ve known, saying goodbye to friends I’m sure I’ll never see again. I’ve always had a hard time letting things go, and now I’m really being put to the test, college. But this time, I know it’s going to be different. Not easy, but different.
Leaving high school is going to tear me apart. I dreading it even now, even though we are months away from even thinking about it. I will be leaving my theater family behind, watching them flourish from somewhere new. I will be in the audience watching them instead of right up stage next to them. A lot of things are going to change that I am just going to have to accept. But although I am leaving them behind, this isn’t necessarily an entirely negative thing. While it’s going to be hard, college is going allow me learn how to let go.
My future college experience is going to teach me that everything comes to an end. I am going to be leaving my school, my band, my theater. I have to start all over with new people I don’t know. I have to rebuild my confidence, but that’s ok. This new experience will show me that while it’s ok to be sad, I need to learn how to move on and not dwell on the past. I always hold on too long and get too upset over things changing, and now is the time to learn that it is ok to just let go. This is what I look forward to most about college, being able to do well without constantly worrying about what I left behind.