When I was 25:

• I never thought I was capable of a college education - I was sure that if I came to the gates of a university, the security guards would say to me, "You cannot enter. This place is not for you!" Now I have three degrees, including a Ph.D.
• I never dreamed I would become a published author - I loved to write dramatic stories when I was sixteen and seventeen. My mother even bought me a typewriter at the time. However, when I was 25 I could not have imagined I would write books one day. Now, I have one published book and another to be published in June.
• I never thought I would divorce and remarry - my dream was to stay married forever and have a big family with three or four children. When I was 25 it became shocking and traumatic for me when my husband wanted to divorce ... I wonder ... did I ever recover from that?
• I never thought I would leave Israel - how I loved Israel! The only place in the world I have ever felt completely at home. When I was 25 I was sure I would stay there forever.
• I never imagined I would land up in America - wow! Not that imperialist bastion of capitalism! Me oh my! When I was 25 I was a staunch socialist and could not even imagine putting one foot - nay, not one toe - in America! In June, I will have been in the U.S. for 20 years.

I found this Meme at Ronni Bennett ...

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Comments

[Claude]

Life has a way of playing tricks on us, or else, I like to think we sometimes manage to play tricks on life ;)
Mine is here
http://blogginginparis.com/2008/01/14/when-i-was-young/

[Ronni Bennett]

I think it is remarkable how many of us doing this meme accomplished things we had not expected or overcame difficult events. This is a good lesson for young people...