Today in class, we struggled with the difficult question of what passion we have in our life that we would do anything for. Right now, I don't think there is anything I care about so deeply that I would be willing to risk everything for, but there are many issues that I care deeply about. One of the things I know I would love to do is help integrate people with disabilities (specifically adults) into society. For me it is important that they are treated with the same amount of respect and have the same job opportunities as everyone else. I work with people that have disabilities from the ages of three to over sixty years old. I mainly work with kids and teach them how to play sports. I see how they grow and develop, and I want to make sure that when they are adults, that they will have the same opportunities as I will regardless of the situation.
This issue is something that I feel very passionate about, but at the same time it scares me to have to pick something to choose to do for the rest of my life. When I think about what I want to do with my life, I think about branching off from the rest of my family and making a name for myself. My family is very involved in helping members of the disabled community, and I learned everything about helping different people of all types from them. I want to make sure that I'm not a carbon copy of my family members and that I'm able to make a name for myself. Sometimes I think that I only want to work with people with disabilities because it is inside my comfort zone. It is something that I have always been comfortable doing and I would love to do it, but I also want to push myself to see if there is anything else I am passionate about. I think that I'm afraid of the future and that I'm leaning against this as a safety net so I don't have to really think about doing anything different. I hope that I will continue to push myself to think of other things that I want to do in the future.
My children were always quick to learn how to play wind instruments. Because of this I encouraged them to learn lots of other instruments - never anything to be blown - my reasoning was that they were good at this already!. Sort of silly, when I think of it now - Mozart was a wonderful musician - and he didn't try to study to be a doctor, just because being a genius musician came easy to him! I believe that God often ensures that we become proficient in something, so that we can work for His glory. We inherit gifts from our families, and often those who excel are those who have been brought up in families where they have learnt their subject well, from childhood. That sounds as if it is the case with you.
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