My Purpose in Life Essay

loved-filled, true friendships can save more lives than any other relationship. This is where my story begins as it was the love of a friend that got me through the impossible and gave new meaning to the saying turning lambs into lions. The most frustrating thing about chronic illness is the loss of self that accompanies it. The diagnosis, or initial lack of it in my case, has a cruel way of turning your life upside down and backwards. Everything you knew about yourself disappears and you are…

Dearest Breq, You most likely don’t know me but I hear a lot about you and I am writing you this letter to give you my philosophy on why you shouldn’t use newfound freedom to seek revenge to kill the Lord Anaander Mianaai. I know you’ve spend thousands of years as ancillary One Esk Nineteen, serving the lord against your own free will and having your every thought and desire controlled by an Artificial Intelligence System. I don’t know how old you are but I would assume that when you were set…

Ilechukwu INT-211A Reflection Paper. Session 1 Journal. Life for me has been a blend of good seasons and not-too-good seasons; and as it is expected, they come and go. But the interesting thing is that they leave behind lessons and wisdom to be gleaned if my mind is sensitive. I will say that, I am a product of the lessons I have learnt from my own life’s experiences, be they good or bad, or resulting from unwise decisions or sheer ignorance of mine. At the start of one of such experiences,…

Though my personal mission statement feels as if it was written forever ago, I still have the same ideas in mind that I believe can connect directly to our class text, Becoming a Learner by Matthew L. Sanders. Sanders puts emphasis on why we go to college, what to do in college, work and finding purpose in education. My first and foremost goal in my mission statement was wealth and/or financial security. I want to be able to provide for myself and others comfortably. Most people believe or…

start off start by saying how lucky and fortunate I have been my entire life. I come from an incredible family; middle-class, college educated, white---within all of this I have recognized the privilege I have been born into and the calling within me to give back in any and all ways possible. However, this did not come without having hit rock bottom. In college I felt very much that I was going through the motions: get good grades, make my parents proud, go to graduate school, and maintain…

role in my life, starting from my early adolescent years. I started with depression, and then I developed anxiety later on; after they have become more severe, it made me realize I need to start getting better. To improve my mental health, I needed to see the reasons of why I should get help because having unhealthy thoughts, being isolated and having suicidal thoughts isn’t healthy. The first reason I realized that needed to change is having unhealthy thoughts. Over thinking has overridden my…

subject of her life considering she did endure it. Woodson narrates the whole story from her eyes and ears. Woodson says, “Then I let the stories live inside my head, again and again until the…

goals. Throughout my entire adolescent years and well into my teen years, it had been very clear that my main purpose in life was to make a difference. As a first-generation college student, it had become evident how difficult the whole college process has been on me without the guidance of my parents because they had never gone to college themselves. As I delve further and further into my college career it has been my realization that there are probably several students in my shoes. Students…

Zamzam Hassan PEC 299- Yoga Fall 2016 An aspect of my life I really want to change is my relationship with God. As a woman of faith I want to practice the teachings of the Quran.I will attempt to become a better Muslim woman through these three components of kriya yoga; Tapas (discipline), Svadhyaya (Self Study), Isvara Pranidhana (surrendering to higher power). I want to become more disciplined in how many times I pray and putting it off. Islamic prayer has yoga like aspects.We pray on a…

Having God in my life has significantly impacted my life by helping me find peace, hope, and purpose. I am thankful because He has given me everything I will ever need and more. Without God, I would be nothing. Accepting God's existence in my life not only has given me peace, purpose, and hope, but has also changed the way I live. I have changed from the way I dress to the way I speak. Having God's ever lasting presence and grace in my life has made me appreciate everything He does and will do…