The alarm goes off at 5 am. I want to hit snooze, but I know I won't. My body is aching from the two weeks of consecutive work. I won't fail to get up. If I do not work, I do not eat. I am 23 years young, but every bone pops and cracks as I get up and make my way to work. Finally, I arrive at the apartment complex that I will be putting my heart into cleaning for the next 7 hours. I greet my supervisor who looks sleep-deprived, even so she returns a smile that raises my spirits. I ask her why she looks so tired, expecting she would laugh and say, "Have you not been working with me these past two weeks?" Instead, she lets out a deep breath and says, "I've begun my first year of college." My eyes widen, "How do you do it? I could never have such grit." I proclaim. She responds, "What do you mean you could never have such grit? It's in the same way you wake up every morning at 5 am, or how you make sure there is food in your belly. Or even in the same way, that you put your heart and time into this job, even though your body aches. We persevere. But instead of working hard for a job that only cares about results and profit, I'm working hard for myself." My jaw drops from this sudden revelation. Currently, I am a returning student at Clayton State University. I am aspiring to be a computer science graduate. After three long years of leaving school because I believed that I was incapable of putting in the time and work to graduate, I finally realized that strength was always in me. Everything just takes a little hard work and perseverance. We do it every day for others. Whether it is for our job, our friends, or our family. We do have the power inside of us to accomplish anything we desire. So to my peer who is questioning attending college, What are you afraid of?