Dear Future Racer,
The World Race, wow, how do I explain it. Well, it is probably the most exciting, exhausting, challenging, and biggest life changing experience you will ever have. Coming onto the Race you can’t help but have expectations and one of mine was that I thought I was going to change and grow a lot. That is what I wanted and I was ready. I wanted to become a better person and deepen my relationship with Christ. The Race has given me these opportunities, however it hasn’t come easy. I had to put in the work and I had to fight for it. There were moments where it was difficult and times where I failed, but that is life right?! As I approach the end of my Race, I know that I have changed and grown as a person, however I can’t help but feel like I haven’t quite arrived yet. Maybe I thought I would have felt more complete upon finishing The Race, but I feel that there is still work to be done. I am in progress, and I haven’t yet reached where I want to be as a person. Yes, there is a hint of disappointment because I expected to arrive at the finish line a polished person. Unfortunately I can be pretty hard on myself, but future racer may I give you a small piece of advise? Please, don’t expect yourself to reach full maturity and perfection by the end of your Race. If you do, you will instead face disappointment. Even after the Race, and in life we never fully reach perfection until we die and go to heaven and are face to face with God. Until then, all we can do is continue to be the best version of ourselves with where we are at in life. A friend once told me it’s all about “learning life”, and that is what I am doing. The Race(finishing the Race), and life is a journey not a destination. I am in progress; you are in progress and just because one season ends don’t mean that the process of growing stops. It continues on and there is always more to learn and more ways to grow. Appreciate the process and don’t be so hard on yourself. Good luck and God bless you and your journey.
Love,
World Race Alumni Becca
