I am reminded of a similar moment this like yours now more than 30 years ago. I was getting ready to leave my school, my classmates, my friends and my family behind.
Was there any anxiety? Yes, of course! After all, it's a new format of education (what with lectures and tutorials) in a new country with students whom are regarded the country's best. Not to mention, a new language of instruction.
Then again, I wanted this. I chose this path. I sought this new adventure. And like all adventures, there are unknowns and these unknowns cause the nerves to rattle with anxiety. Then again, the same unknowns herald excitement. I was so energised to meet new friends, new teachers, new formats, new location: all these add to the adventure, rather than take away from them.
My schooldays have made up some of the best days of my life, because I gave it some of my best!
In JC, I made friends who remain my very best today: they even serve as your Godparents and we all still meet up regularly. The topics of conversations have shifted over the years; now we all get excited over the General Elections. But the friendships we made as sixteen, seventeen year olds never shifted.
So, my dear M, let your spirit free. Make new friends. Be thrilled by new subjects. Explore your new surroundings. Enjoy every new sensation as they deserved to be. Remember what I had told you before, "You know, sometimes all you need is twenty seconds of insane courage. Just literally twenty seconds of just embarrassing bravery. And I promise you, something great will come of it.". So, go for it!
Thought I inspire you with a moment of levity. If you are nervous, just imagine how much more the boys are! Go on, enjoy yourself, my darling daughter. Love, daddums
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