My Purpose in Life Essay

General Purpose: To inform/introduce my classmates about myself by describing and showing to object that represent me. Specific Purpose: My specific purpose is to introduce and describe myself to my classmates/ audience by using two objects. A volleyball because this sport has been a big part of my life, and oddly enough my scrubs because they represent my future career in the medical field. Introduction A.(Attention Gainer)- Passion can be described as a strong feeling of enthusiasm or…

may approach you and ask “What is your educational philosophy or purpose of education”? Would you know the answer automatically, would it take you a few days to actually analyze the question, or would you answer be different every time someone does ask you the question. For the world is always changing. As for me, my answer changes yearly. This question was asked when I was an undergrad doing student teaching. I thought my purpose of education was to teach by the books to educate students with…

Every human being living on planet earth was given a purpose or vocation by God. Interestingly, some individuals identify or discover their purpose early in life while for others it is a long journey to self-discovery. The message from Parker Palmer applies to my life because his words stimulated me to conduct a self-introspection. His command or plea to let my life manifest my values caused me to regress- look back and examine the formation of my value system. The values of everyone are not…

by Weider & Gutierrez as “your philosophy of life” (Weider & Gutierrez, 2014). John Valk says, “Worldviews are visions of life as well as ways of life” (Valk, 2012). Ones worldview…

For my visual representation, I added pictures to a map of the world to exemplify how I want to change the world. One of the ways I see the world is filled with compassion, and one way I want to add compassion to our world is by volunteering with my church and, ironically, with a group called compassion, in Chadirac, Haiti. I want to spread love to the children and city I help sponsor, and help the children know they are wanted. Another way I see the world is more sustainable, which is one of…

I found my identity in the parking lot of McDonald’s. Everyone has an identity; however, individuals often forget who they are and require a moment of realization to understand their true identity. It was the same for me. I vividly remember the chilly afternoon of January 19, 2014, when I decided to perform a sly mission: sneaking past the vigilant teachers that stood guarding the exits of the school during lunch break. Many others had also achieved this remarkable feat, but mine was special…

Life is not all fun and games, we have all experienced our fair share of tribulations, from highs to lows, and everything in-between, moments in our lives that have changed us, sometimes for the better and other times for the worst. The documentary film Blood Brother, directed by Steve Hoover, takes the viewers along an emotional journey of self-discovery. The film documents Rocky Braat, who leaves everything behind in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to live with and care for HIV- infected children in…

From what I could tell my life was picture perfect, but when I was 10 my parents decided to move us half across the country to New Mexico. My life quickly changed from being homeschooled, to being enrolled in public school for the first time, however a year later I was pulled out. In 2008 I found myself in a new church, looking to fit in, and living life for myself. While I was in the youth group at this church it was considered my refuge. In 2009 I turned 12,I rededicated my life to Christ and…

Hannah Hymovitch Prof. Pederson Life Planning and Decision Making 11/27/17 Values Exercises Values Exercise 1: My ten most important values are 1) Purpose, 2) Hope, 3) Caring, 4) Contribution, 5) compassion, 6) Forgiveness, 7)Inner Peace, 8) Knowledge, 9) Achievement, and 10)Fitness. I think that my top ten values are accurate and I feel that they reflect what is most important to me. The value of creativity was hard to let go of because this value was also super important to me. I had the most…

virtually useless, thanks to its dried contents. My mind works in greyscale, doomed to the arbitrary, as questions which plague the universe with meaning hover barely beyond my reach. For if we neglect issues greater than this world, a part of us will die, and we spend our existence on this revolving globe as a shell, grey and faded as our thread runs out. Therefore, an ongoing struggle to think and live with meaning has become a defining part of me, shaping my priorities and actions as nothing…