Ventura College

I don't want to be sad.  I want to go to school, get a A.S. degree, get my teeth fixed, get a job that pays a decent wage and live my life to the best of my ability.  I want to help other people.  I want to try in my own small way with the very small powers that I have to make the world a better place to live. 
I know God puts obstacles in our way.  I know that from the day we accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior, there is a constant battle going on with the devil trying to take back our souls.  And I know that in my case the Devil will NOT win.  But it is so hard sometimes.  I believe in our lives we have to make amends for the things we have done wrong and the people we have hurt.  But sometimes it seems so hard.  I am trying to do all the right things.  And good things happen to me now.  A week ago today, I droped a $100.00 dollar bill on the ground.  Someone saw me drop it and I had no idea that I had.  They told me they thought they saw a bill fall out of my wallet.  I looked on the ground and did not see anything.  The person said, no I am pretty sure you droped something.  I looked again, and there was the hundred dollar bill.  Had I lost that I would have been devasted.  This person could EASILY have waited and picked up when Iwas not looking.  So good things do happen to me.  And there are still many more good people in the world than there are bad.  But the thing that is getting to me now is Ventura College.  I understand that there have to be rules for things.  But I don't have to agree with them all.  Like the fact the classes that I withdrew from 21 years ago (at which time I DID NOT RECIEVE financial aid) are going to effect my standing now.  I didn't fail the classes.  I got a job, full time, and I had to quit going to school.  So now 21 years later, because I AM trying to get financial aid, those classes are coming back to haunt me.  I am taking the steps to resolve the problem.  But it is just frustrated sometimes.  I guess this shows one of the changes in me.  Even as little as 10 or maybe even 5 years ago, I would have just said forget it and quit.  But not this time.  I am going to get the degree.  I am going to get my teeth fixed.  And I am going to do it all through hard work and the help of God. 
So, I just wanted to write this because it helps to put it into words sometimes.  You can't give up!!!