Lynne at Kent: college application personal essay

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i was so thrilled with this piece of writing. It got me into the top echelon of colleges, and the weirdest thing is hat it really depicts everything about how my lifevwas going to go and what I was going to do.

it is like Rasselas, bu Samuel Johnson; and Eccliasties in the Bible.

a person sets off in search of true happiness.

i dont remember how Rasslas ends, but from Ecclisiastes i took the exact line that showed how I was NOT able to be happy and contented as others are. It was a crelief. The author of Ecclesiasties concludes that happiness– or contentment– is ‘to eat, drink, and be merry.

At Thanksgiving two years ago i perceived that part of “merriment” is sexuality and i never had that. It made me odd and people didnt want me around.

Well, here is the essay. It is in small print but I saw that it is readsble.

college personal essay by Lynne Murphy

the truth was that I ran away from home. But Truth has many layers in a way that i didnt understand back then. A friend who kept in touch a little when i was deeply ill, after the years, commented that i was on an allegorical journey; to me that meant trying to sort out the bad from the good in other words, what is evil and what is good, as i moved through life and gained understanding.

well, i hope you can read the small print, Dear Reader.

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