On Plans and Feelings

I am a big Robbie Burns fan. I appreciate how he integrates the dialectic and culture of rural Scotland into formal poetry. In particular, I have loved his poem "To a Mouse" for many years now.

"The best-laid schemes o' mice and men
Gang aft agley,
An' leave us nought but grief an' pain,
For promis'd joy!

Still thou art blest, compared wi' me!
The present only toucheth thee:
But och! I backward cast my e'e,
On prospects drear!
An' forward tho' I canna see,
I guess an' fear!"

If you have read John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, you likely know that Burns' poem "To a Mouse" was Steinback's inspiration.

I post this because I am at the point where I am feeling excited for a the academic path I have carved out for myself. But alas--I will (or will not be?) receiving some important information tomorrow that may change all my plans, and potentially my feelings.

I am not worried or scared. But I am a little confused. And thus, my "best laid plans" may soon "fall aft agley". Sigh.