Unexpected Scholarship

This week reaffirmed in my mind that hard work pays off.  I got a letter in the mail from the office of my major department saying that for my work in the major I was being awarded a scholarship.  This was cool because I never applied for it, and indeed, you cannot apply to receive the award.  The letter explained that the award was determined based on faculty nomination and agreement of the department in an annual meeting.  This could not come at a better time.  As I am looking into ways to finance my law school education, this scholarship (despite its small size) will help me along that route.  I just have to fill out the information about where I will be attending and they will take care of making sure it will be credited toward my tuition account for law school for the fall semester.  What a welcome surprise that really proves that we are always being watched, and that hard work pays off.  It really made my day.