Why not me?

 It's that time of year... March Madness has arrived.  Watching these games has got me thinking.  You can never count the underdog out.  This year's bracket has plenty of examples that back me up.  In the first round North Texas beat Purdue, Abilene Christian beat University of Texas, and best of all Oral Roberts University beat Ohio State.

I say best of all because I have an old teammate on the Oral Roberts basketball team.  I was so tempted to pick Oral Roberts in my bracket just because of him.  I didn't do it and of course, now I regret it.  I guess I should have listened to my own gut instinct.  I guess I didn't have enough faith.  

This experience has taught me some lessons that I can carry with me throughout my life.  I won't let others tell me what I am capable of, I'll decide that for myself.   When someone says that I can't, I'll say I can.  I will always remember what Russell Wilson said when he was talking about making it to the Super Bowl... "why not me".  So yeah, 

WHY NOT ME.  

It's almost time for me to apply to colleges.  I have a few schools on my list that may be a reach.  I know I have good test scores and I've taken a strong enough schedule, but I also have a few B's.  The craziness that Covid-19 caused and the chaos that my younger brother's adoption created (3 different international trips etc) both had an impact on my grades.  I'm not making excuses, it was still my fault.  I should have powered through.

Here's the thing, those mistakes may cost me my dream school.  They may not think I can make the grade, but I KNOW I CAN.  Hopefully they don't make the same mistake I did.  Hopefully they won't overlook me.  Maybe they'll have faith and go ahead and select the underdog.