#Repost redhawksofmontclairstate #RedHawkFriday ・・・ Five years ago, I was living in Aleppo, Syria. Today, I am a student at MSU. Life is unpredictable and loves to catch you off-guard. When I first came to America, I was clueless about my future, worried and honestly, a little bit scared. Each day I tried to look at things from a positive perspective. Being born and raised in Aleppo, I struggled finding an identity for myself in a place I was not familiar with. I was anxious about my language skills, despite being proficient in English. I feared approaching people and talking to them. The process of adaptation was never easy. I tried to find answers to questions like "Who am I?" and "Who will I be?" My life had suddenly changed. I did not have friends to talk to, to ask about their day or even about their well-being. In situations like this, you realize that you should never take anything in life for granted. Before transferring to MSU, I was one of those students who did not want to g...