Friday, July 27, 2012
Choice...Reason...Purpose
After how many months I never
thought I’d be writing something like what I am about to share in this post.
Yes, it’s been quite a long time and I have so many things I want to share; yet
I find myself in front of my laptop, at two in the morning, typing these
words...
What I’m trying to say is at this
moment, I know exactly what I want…
More than ten years ago I found
myself in a classroom of first year college students, thinking what they’ll be
saying in front of the class to make a great impression on everyone there – or
perhaps just wondering whether to go with “My name is – I graduated high school
in…” or with “I am – and I graduated from…”
But what was in my head was
different…
Why did I take up – of all the courses that seemed fit for me –
engineering?
My English classes were always
excellent back in high school.
I love writing (obviously).
I dreamed of becoming an author
of a great romantic or adventure novel.
…and people in my area think that
I was fit to take up law in the future…
But I never ended up taking any
of those. I ended up taking what they least expected.
It wasn’t going against the grain
since one of my uncles is an engineer, and math and I were okay (except at some
point). But I have to admit that back then my reason was lousy… and it was all
because I wanted to have a high paying job.
Fast forward to 2012 and here I
am: a graduate of computer engineering and have fallen in love with my course
and amazed at how God could get me to this point where passion meets
profession.
I am blessed, although at some
point between “last-year” and “now”, I’ve come to realize that what I really
want was more than just getting that high paying job, affording anything I
want, getting myself a new car, or finally building that dream house.
While these may be what many see
as “dreams”, these, for me, have just become “goals” but not the “dream” itself.
Yes, I’d still want to get a high paying job to help my family—but there’s more
to it than that. It was the fact that I am able to support my dreams on becoming
that somebody someday.
I want to travel the world and
experience it first hand and not just by pictures.
I want to wake up in a house with
my kids’ laughter echoing...
I want to help people take their
first flight to their own dreams…
I want that life shared with
people who loves me and whom I love most – nothing but pure bliss because of
the fact that we’ve seen more than the money we’ve earned.
While there are many
opportunities – indeed – that can help man earn the amount he wants to have,
I’ve noticed how few are doing this with a definite purpose other than “buying”
stuff…
Now, going back when I was in
first year college, if you asked me again why I took up computer engineering
and not something related to English or writing I’d definitely say something
different: it was because of how it had helped me grow. It was in those times
that I found myself focused on something so hard that most people usually gave
up on. Believe it or not it helped me become better in writing.
We may never have a choice at first…
At times we even follow what the rest of the world does
But as long as we envelope with love what we have at
present
And place God in the center of everything we do
We gain more opportunities than what we planned to entertain
Just remember that at the end of the day
Whatever you do should be for a greater purpose
…and not because someone said so…
One day, maybe out of all the
stress and frustration, you’ll be asking yourself why am I even here? or why am
I doing this? When that time comes always remind yourself of where you were
before and how you were back when all you have at present were never even “present”.
Once you’ve done that ask
yourself this question: How can this
situation help me? Whatever your answer is just use it…and if you have none
then let go…It was meant to be an arrow towards the path you need to go…
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Hi, I came across your site and wasn’t able to get an email address to contact you about a broken link on your site. Please email me back and I would be happy to point them out to you.
ReplyDeleteThanks!
Angela
angelabrooks741@gmail.com
Hi Angela
DeleteI really appreciate that :)
I'll email you soon...and yes I checked and found two links...although I'm not so sure if one of those are the links you were referring to.
Thank you so much for bringing this up.
God bless :)