The most difficult choice

The most difficult choice I have made this year is probably choosing which stream was best for me. The day I found out I succeeded in scoring high enough for a science stream was life changing. At the very moment I saw the stream I was in, I froze. My first reaction was obviously to check if I was looking at the correct results and to my surprise it was true. I couldn’t believe it, I was so happy until I saw what stream my best friend was in. I was with him at that time.  We were very close and always did everything together. He was the reason I didn’t quit most things I wouldn’t even try. His results were similar to mine and we both managed to get in the same stream while a year ago we were in one of the lowest classes. The only problem was that we were in different classes. There were zero chances of the school letting me transfer to his class and same goes to him. I immediately thought about how I would live without him. Knowing him since primary school, I would always ‘play’ with him during recess, pj and whenever the teacher wasn’t around. In secondary school, we got closer as we got older. Together we could do anything, learn anything, it was a big part of my life. Then, there were other things I worried about. What if I don’t like my class? What if biology and chemistry is too hard? Is the other classes better? I didn’t like this at all. Though, I had the chance to change streams. In the end, I chose to stay where I was. My friend chose to stay as well because he noticed his crush was in the same class as him. Though the first few months were regretful, I had missed my previous class. The school had also become more disciplinary in terms of curriculum activities. We couldn’t skip our activities like we used to do to hang out together. This was hard for me because it was the only time I could be with my group of friends. However, as I finally accepted my fate, I realized maybe things aren’t all that bad. I've met many new people as well as interact with really old friends.  My best friend was doing well with his life too. His grades were getting better every semester and we had our recess together all the time. Miraculously, it all turned out better than I expected. It was all possible thanks to my difficult decision making skills. No one can see the future, so my advice is to let go of things you can’t change and focus on things you can. In the words of Socrates, “The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new”.