Lost and Lonely
From Chicken Soup for the Soul: From Lemons to Lemonade
By Stacey Ritz

I wondered why somebody didn't do something. Then I realized, I am somebody.
~Author Unknown

The first day I transferred to a new college was heartbreaking. Why did I leave my friends? Why did I choose a school that was farther from my family? I didn't know anyone on campus and I didn't know how to find the buildings for my classes. The world had just celebrated another New Year's holiday and I was sitting alone in a dorm room, surrounded by painted white brick walls and with an unknown roommate. What had I done?

I wandered around campus, consulting my flimsy paper class schedule and the buildings that I passed. I bumped into shoulders and backpacks. Bikes whizzed by me, clipping my heels as my eyes welled up with tears. I was late to chemistry class twice. I felt very lost and alone.
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