Blog 4 A photograph you like

This photo was taken by my father, three years ago, in January, being exact.
This photo shows me. That is my best “I’m very happy” face, because in that moment I was officially a student of Universidad de Chile.
I like it because it shows a symbolic beginning of a new phase in my life. When I ingress (enrolled as a student) in the University, it comes with a lot of changes: I moved with my family to Valparaiso (my hometown) to La Ligua; I started to live without my family in Santiago with people who I exactly didn't know (because they are my father’s friends); I had to know new people; I had to get used to a new educational system (from school to University); etc.
All the changes that I mentioned before were dramatic, because all changes represent new challenges, and we usually feel fear when we face the unknown. Obviously that change didn’t come easy: My family (including me) did a lot of sacrifices for the opportunity that represents entering to this University.
In lots of times I felt alone, scared, uncomfortable and insecure. But I knew that my sacrifice worth it: I’m actually a student in what I considered the best university in my country.
Maybe I could choose another university where everything could be easier. For example, the Universidad de Valparaiso (I have family, friends and a nice apartment there; is a beautiful city and I feel like I’m from there, is my hometown literally).
But since I was a child I read a lot of tales, and their moral usually said that the better way we can choose is not the shorter and the easier, but that the longest and the most difficult brings more satisfactions.
So, I passed a lot of difficult things and a lot are coming yet, but I’m still in this University because I believe that I chose the best way for my future.
PS: I'm sorry for upload the photo very late, but my computer has virus so I could not access to upload before.