Look where I am today. Graduating High School with multiple scholarships to my top choice colleges. Everyone wonders how I did it. Even I can’t really think about how I went from a “punk” to a kind and caring young man.

Last night, as I was driving home from work, I heard a song on the radio. It was “Simple Man” by Lynyrd Skynyrd. I had heard the song a few times before, I think it’s on my iPod somewhere, buried in 4,500 + songs.

The lyrics in that song spoke to me, and I figured out how I made it through school- I “followed my heart and nothing else.”

So to all those kids out there who are like me, and proved many people wrong just by graduating, I leave this:
”... You’ll find yourself. Follow your Heart, and nothing else.”