What did you want to be when you grow up? Do you still remember? Are you on that path? Are you aligned to your childhood goals or have fallen off track? And have others charted the path for you? I ask this because, I have allowed pressure, comfort, life and others to advise, live and chart my course for me.
Mother Teresa – that’s who I wanted to be and what I wanted to do when I was growing up. No one understood why the life of servitude, helping the needy and living a simpleton life. Everyone else wanted to be a doctor, scientist, own a mansion, drive this and that. I just wanted to travel the African continent and touch lives. That was my calling…
When I was in school I loved reading and writing. And in primary school friends would gather around my desk to listen to me tell stories. Funny thing was, even when I didn’t have an audience, I would still write and tell the stories to myself. In modern day, I would have been institutionalised for talking to myself or seeing imaginary things (or maybe being called a genius … I guess that’s another story for another time).
As I try to piece together what were my passions as a child, I ask myself, am I still living my passion in some way or another? Has my life been aligned to my purpose? Or have I fallen off. I find I was rather a loner as a child, I stuck to myself a lot, was very obedient, played when I needed to, but enjoyed board games, pen and paper , was kind to others and was always scribbling etc
Now I know I have always been passionate about writing and serving others. So as I take a bold step to fuse the two together in volunteering, working and travelling our glorious continent and touching communities, take this journey with me…
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