Do What You Love and Forget The Rest

"Live your heart's passion. Do whatever it is that excites your inner light and passion. Live exuberantly with purpose and excitement. TRULY MAKE YOUR DAILY LIFE AN ADVENTURE." -Henry Leo Bolduc

This quote was my friends status on facebook and really inspired me. Lately people have been confronting me about my career plans. It really bothers me. I'm not necessarily irritated with the people confronting me, but rather irritated with society's fear driven perspective. Due to the recent economic instability, if I don't say I'm interested in becoming a lawyer, a doctor, or a computer programmer, people assume I will be living a life in poverty. Although the careers above are important positions in society,I believe the most morally fulfilling and equally important career is teaching. Teachers instill vasts amount of knowledge to youth. Teachers are responsible for the intellectual growth and personal progress of millions of children. I personally do not know what I would have done without my teachers over my academic career, especially in high school. In high school, my teachers were mother and father figures to me. They spread more than just factual knowledge. I left high school with factual knowledge and inspiring advice that I will carry with me for the rest of my life. The most inspiring of my teachers, is my English teacher, because of his captivating lessons and personal journey, I want to be a high school English teacher. He showed me that teaching will not drive you into poverty, it actually is a morally fulfilling job. I have always loved helping people. It would make me happy to see an inspired student or just to see that I helped make a positive influence on a young person's life. The actions of today's youth will determine the future. I want to encourage youth to have a broad perspective and awareness about themselves and their world. In order to do this, I plan on becoming an English major and a theatre minor. Both English and theatre are mirrors of our world. They show us parts of our we necessarily don't want to see, but it is what we must see to progress.

As the quote says, I plan on living my heart's passion and making my life into the adventure is should be. No one should have to survive life. Life isn't a survival game, it is an adventure. Society's economic fear limits the possibility of career choices. Too many young adults have been pressured into getting a career that is economically sound, but only drives them into endless day dreaming behind a desk or cubicle. I don't want to be wishing I could be doing something I love, I want to do what I love. I plan on studying English literature and theatre arts and passing my knowledge on to youth to purify society. I believe that teachers are humanity's heroes. I want to save youth from ignorance and encourage them to see the world in many different lights and lenses. Narrow and fear clogged perspectives are what hold society back. I want to help break those boundaries and inspire today's youth to make the world a more accepting place. So from this day forward I am doing what pleases me, and forgetting the negative and fear driven opinions of everyone else. This is my life and I plan on making it the enlightening and exciting one it can be.