Living A Worthwhile Life Is Important To Me

My number one priority in my life is my family. I took on my heritage from my mom and dad they are the best. They give me what I want but also teach me things in life that I will need to know like taking care of myself. My audacious brothers are really spectacular. They taught me how to ride my bike and how to throw a football. You

Briefly discuss your aspirations for a counseling position upon graduation (for example, do you hope to counsel in a community mental health center, a career center, a marriage and family practice, an inpatient substance abuse treatment center).

Speeches come in all shapes and sizes, some are good, some are bad, some are motivational and some are inspirational. The one thing I can tell you is that there are always a few that will linger and stick around in your head. These speeches go through history as being remembered and studied for decades. A few that come to mind are “I have a dream” by Martin Luther King, “Never give up…Don’t ever give up,” by Jimmy Valvano. “Gettysburg Address,” by Abraham Lincoln and “You’ve got to find what you love,” by Steve Jobs. Each and every one of these speeches was written by men who were challenged to make difficult decisions in their lives which would inadvertently affect their future in one way or another.

However, like many of my peers in the undergraduate community, I had a declared major but a persisting uncertainty and indecision about my future and career. Nevertheless, I continued to see myself in a personal setting with clients, where I could share psychological insight to those willing to open up and partake in personal growth. Through years of information, coursework, wise words from professors, and much personal insight, I decided to pursue a career in counseling

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All of my experiences in life have lead me to apply to SUNY College at Oneonta for my Masters of Science in Education. I have many goals, both professional and academic that are related to school counseling. All throughout school I had many inspirational school counselors that molded who I am today. This set me up for success in my college career. Upon entering college, I began to appreciate the importance of planning and organization in order to build the life I wanted for myself. While completing the application process for graduate school I realized that everything I had done over the years lead to this moment. I thoroughly enjoyed applying for schools, only because I had the confidence and motivation from my many mentors and counselors surrounding me. My friends would ask for my assistance everyday during their own educational planning and I knew I wanted to make a career out of it. During these experiences, I learned the importance of discovering a meaningful life path. This is the most important aspect I will instill in the students I work with on a daily basis.

Becoming a counselor was not my first choice career. I have a vivid memory from my childhood, I am unsure at which age, I was coloring an activity worksheet where you were supposed to circle and color what you wanted to be when you grew up. I don’t remember what I chose, but I remember that I circled almost every profession on that coloring sheet. My college career started very similar to that worksheet; I wanted to pursue so many different fields of study that at one point I had planned that I would double major. My eventual goal when I transferred to UNT was to pursue my undergrad studies in Communication Design, but I would go back to school later on in my life and get my degree in Counseling. I had this plan mainly for

What have you learned from the process of developing and giving this speech? How can you build on this experience and improve before your next speech?

What is important to you? People are in a constant quest for what seems to be important in life. Many different answers are given to people and they never seem never to not find a set answer. Some are in search for fame, fortune, love, happiness, and wisdom. Those are some of the obvious answers the average person might give you.

I now have a wonderful Christian husband and two beautiful little girls. I will help them understand and see God’s amazing grace and let them start their own journey with God. I will try to help them strengthen their relationship with God and show them the love they most certainly deserve. I want to be able to be there for them as much as I can and not be a stay away or travel parent. I want my family to have their roots. When my children come to age I will give them my journal to read and give them their own. Though I cannot travel as much as I used to, I will keep on talking to people about Jesus and I always

Acknowledging their humanity and letting them know that they were being seen and heard was important to me. Secondly I thought about the things that I did have. I wasn't living in poverty nor in extreme abundance but I was blessed enough to be able to enjoy life a bit so I decided that every time I went out to eat, instead of throwing my left-overs away I would put them in a to-go box and give them to a person in need. I also decided to use a pocket in my purse to store change that I would acquire from cash purchases and designate that money as the money to share with those less fortunate than I. Even though I didn’t have a lot to give I wanted to use the blessings that I had in my life to bless other

Some things that are extremely important to me are my family, friends, and mentors, which is why they have some of the biggest pictures in my visual representation. On the left side of my head includes our most recent family photo, including my mom, grandparents, aunt and uncle, and cousins. We took them on a family vacation and my older brother could not come, so he is not in the picture. For a period of time my family and I constantly had conflict ,but now I do not remember the last time someone was mad at another in my house. The next important person in my life shown next to my family is my boyfriend. He was considered one of my best friends years before my boyfriend, and I truly believe his role as best friend is much more important. Under my family is a picture of myself and another of my best friends about to leave for vacation. This summer we went on a Seven Day cruise to Mexico, Jamaica, and Haiti. I have a passion for traveling and this often comes through in my creative writing. In my visual representation there is another picture of my friends and I, and underneath that is the first person I consider a mentor. Mr. Tony works for the Boys & Girls Club of Springfield, where I have attended for 10 years now. The past 3 years that I have known Tony he has provided me with guidance, whether that be for school, relationships, or stressful situations. Through my early teens to now, I cherish our relationship greatly. The next mentors in my life are my softball coaches

What is the most important thing in life? The answer is simple, it is knowledge. Most of us seek answers to things that we do not understand or things we want to know more about while some just ask the question but never seek the answer. In some occasions, the answer is out of our reach. I have asked thousands of questions in my life and the ones that bother me the most are the ones I cannot seem to find the answers to. Most of my questions revolve around human behavior in all honesty. Many people think and act in a way that I just cannot seem to understand and that is extremely frustrating at time, especially when it involves the people I care about.

So what do I really want to achieve by giving this speech? Well, I need your help, they need your help.

The most important people in my life right now are my friends. I want to invest my time with my church youth group to make us all connected even more than we already are. They matter to me the most and I would not be who I am today without them.