Higher Purpose

I feel that there is a higher purpose for my life. I’m not sure at this point what that purpose is, but I know that I will find what my purpose is. I am not going to rush figuring out what is my higher purpose in life; it will find me when it is time for me to know. I guess I could go on without every really knowing my higher purpose. Or in another way I could never know it but be living it without knowing that it is my higher purpose.

For the longest time I thought my higher purpose had to do with helping people. I always thought that I would even up in a career where I would be helping people. I have always put others feeling before my own.

I think that it shapes me in the way that I interact with other people. I always seem to find a way to make other people’s day better even when I am having a really horrible day. I want to help others in any way that I can. I don’t like seeing others in pain or being sad. At the same time I know that I can’t take all of their problems away. I want to at least show them that even when life is kicking you down that there is always something happy that can come from the situation.

My top strengths are honesty, perseverance, teamwork, curiosity, and kindness. With these strengths I can figure out what my higher purpose in life is. I have always been a very honest person, I was raised not to lie to people even it is to save face. It’s better to say the thing that everyone is thinking then to be the most liked person. With perseverance I will never give up when I am faced with a problem. Even when I struggle with a problem, I can hold on because I was raised to never ever give up. I love working in teams, I feel that I work best when I can use others to backboard ideas off. I feel that with teams bring out the best out of everyone on the team. I am a very curios person. When something doesn't make sense to I am the person to ask “why?”. I think that you should always be nice to others even when they have done wrong to you. With all of these strengths I know that I will figure out what the plan for my life is. 

Gratitude

If it wasn't for the people in my life I would not be to where I am today. Not only in the sense of being at Texas Lutheran but also in the sense of who I am today. Because of my family pushing me to grow and question life.

The person in whom I am most grateful for is my mom. If it wasn't for her I would probably be still be the small quiet girl in the corner who never questioned anything. I would as probably be back home at a community college because I was too scared to even apply to a university because there was no way that I could get into college.

My mom has always been the driving force behind me. When I was having trouble in school because of being dyslexic my mom was the person who would stay up throughout the night to help me with my homework. She is person who has instilled in me that I can do anything if I just put my mind to it. It’s all a matter of how you look at the problem.

On a daily basic I feel grateful for the friends that I have made for here. They have helped me through some tough situations while we have been here. They have been there whenever I needed something. I am pretty sure that if I hadn't befriended them that I would be going home at the end of this semester. And I know that I would be failing all of my classes.

I know that being grateful can help you be more successful in college. I know this because if we didn’t have something to be grateful then why do we try to be successful in life at all. I also know that it is helpful to be grateful because I am living proof of this in college. It is really nice when someone believes in you or just says something nice to you like “Your hair looks really nice today”. It is the small things in life that we should hold near and dear to our heart.