24 hours. We all have the same amount of time each and every single day. What we choose to do with that time is entirely up to us.
My late father, Sam, who never promoted past grade school, managed to help his parents raise their family in the Philippines when he was a child, married and worked to get all of my half siblings to America “in search of the American Dream”, and along with his second wife, my mother, raised both my only full brother and I, to be hard-working, respectable adults. Until his very last breath he dedicated himself to his family.
My husband Ron, in the same character, received his college degree and graduated as Valedictorian of his class, opened up his dream retail shop, and landed a career in the field that he studied …show more content…
Both two very different people from two far off generations, but the strength of their characters is almost identical. From both, I’ve learned that to understand time is to understand and feel the fabric of reality. The reality is we don’t have much time on this earth, so we have to do what we can in the time that we’re given.
24 hours a day.
Both my father and my husband instilled in me a need to live life with a sense of urgency – to be fully present in the moment, because that’s the only place that urgency exists. Over obsessing about the future will only manifest in anxiety and nervousness — which could paralyze you and lead to procrastination. Keeping yourself in the present will help you to focus fully on the task at hand and get the job done in the most effective and efficient means possible.
Receiving a degree from University of Phoenix will boost my self-confidence, knowing that I not only completed a very important mission, but also took the responsibility of creating a foundation for getting me closer to my career goals. Also, because I believe that parents have the most profound influence on their children’s educational achievements, this degree will help me become a better role model for my children to look up to. After all, I can’t help them if I can’t help myself
My late father, Sam, who never promoted past grade school, managed to help his parents raise their family in the Philippines when he was a child, married and worked to get all of my half siblings to America “in search of the American Dream”, and along with his second wife, my mother, raised both my only full brother and I, to be hard-working, respectable adults. Until his very last breath he dedicated himself to his family.
My husband Ron, in the same character, received his college degree and graduated as Valedictorian of his class, opened up his dream retail shop, and landed a career in the field that he studied …show more content…
Both two very different people from two far off generations, but the strength of their characters is almost identical. From both, I’ve learned that to understand time is to understand and feel the fabric of reality. The reality is we don’t have much time on this earth, so we have to do what we can in the time that we’re given.
24 hours a day.
Both my father and my husband instilled in me a need to live life with a sense of urgency – to be fully present in the moment, because that’s the only place that urgency exists. Over obsessing about the future will only manifest in anxiety and nervousness — which could paralyze you and lead to procrastination. Keeping yourself in the present will help you to focus fully on the task at hand and get the job done in the most effective and efficient means possible.
Receiving a degree from University of Phoenix will boost my self-confidence, knowing that I not only completed a very important mission, but also took the responsibility of creating a foundation for getting me closer to my career goals. Also, because I believe that parents have the most profound influence on their children’s educational achievements, this degree will help me become a better role model for my children to look up to. After all, I can’t help them if I can’t help myself