I believe in si monumentum requiris circumspike, if you seek his monument look around. What will my monument be? Will I leave behind a legacy? These are questions I ask myself all the time. When I was 13 laying awake on the top bunk staring at my popcorn ceiling, listening to the sounds of bugs outside my windows, I decided that I wanted more. More than my town, more than what I had. Not possessions or materialistic things, I want to see the world and make a difference. I promised to myself that day that I would not settle for comfortable or easy. I told myself that I would not lose sight of what I hold close in my heart, the desire to do good in the world while living my best life. 13-year-old me was very naïve and thought of these things
