
When I was in high school and during the beginning of my college career, I had big dreams. I'm a dreamer by nature and still to this day I have dreams. I guess you could say that I'm one of those guys that thinks up the idea and gives it to another person to put into action.
I can remember I had dreams of going into the Navy and traveling the entire Pacific. I had dreams of becoming an Olympic athletic during the summer games. I had dreams of becoming a missionary and serving a native community somewhere in the south Pacific. I had dreams of living in Alaska, Asia, and South America. You name it, I had probably thought of it.
However, this year, my junior year in college, my dreams have changed. My dreams are still big, but not on paper.
Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta once said, “We cannot do great things on this earth, only small things with great love.”
This simple quote has profound affect on my heart.
When I first heard this quote, I was like, “What? How can doing simple and small tasks and projects make a big difference? The only way to make a great difference is to accomplish huge and numerous goals.”
That was my thought process at the time. However, with age and maturity, I guess, I've come to realization of what Mother Teresa was saying.
Yes, there are those that do great and tremendous things on this earth and many people hear about it, but there's also those individuals that do a small thing like saying hi to someone and asking about their day. Depending on the individual, this small action of kindness could mean the world to them.
With every passing month, my desire to do small things with great love is increasing. When I return to campus this January, one thing that I'm going to focus on are the small things. For instance, academics are an important thing to me, but so are my friendships and experiences. Come spring semester, I plan to spend more time with my closest friends on campus. These guys help build me up and help me become a better person. These future experiences with be with me my entire life.
When people ask me what my plans are for the future, I have a few things to say, but nothing too far in the future nor out of the ordinary. However, the things I plan to do are going to make a world's of difference in people's lives.
My Future Dreams
•I want to teach Kindergarten at a Catholic school in a small to medium sized town. I want to teach the children not only their basic letters and numbers, but I want to teach them life lessons as well. Lessons like respect, compassion, work ethic, etc. I think Kindergarten is a good mix of school lessons and life lessons that will hopefully carry on in the students' lives.
•I want to coach or assistant coach cross-country and wrestling. I love individual sports and I think these two sports are great sports for high school students. Both of these sports teach self-discipline and responsiblity. I don't want to just coach my students on the sport, but I want to prepare them for the next stage in life, which is college. I want to teach them how to be a mature athlete who is accountable for their actions.
•I want to get married and raise a family. I want to be the best husband I can be for my wife and the best dad I can be for my children. I want to help my wife and kids get to heaven by living a moral and honest life.
•I want to live fairly close to my family and especially my parents. I also want to live fairly close to my wife's family as well. I believe that family is an important thing in life and shouldn't be at the bottom of the list. I want my children to be able to see their grandparents (on both sides) on a regular basis. I want to see my brothers and sisters more often than I do now.
Yep, these are my main dreams. Simple, yet containing a lot of potential to do what Mother Teresa lived and preached:
“To do small things with great love!”
I can remember I had dreams of going into the Navy and traveling the entire Pacific. I had dreams of becoming an Olympic athletic during the summer games. I had dreams of becoming a missionary and serving a native community somewhere in the south Pacific. I had dreams of living in Alaska, Asia, and South America. You name it, I had probably thought of it.
However, this year, my junior year in college, my dreams have changed. My dreams are still big, but not on paper.
Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta once said, “We cannot do great things on this earth, only small things with great love.”
This simple quote has profound affect on my heart.
When I first heard this quote, I was like, “What? How can doing simple and small tasks and projects make a big difference? The only way to make a great difference is to accomplish huge and numerous goals.”
That was my thought process at the time. However, with age and maturity, I guess, I've come to realization of what Mother Teresa was saying.
Yes, there are those that do great and tremendous things on this earth and many people hear about it, but there's also those individuals that do a small thing like saying hi to someone and asking about their day. Depending on the individual, this small action of kindness could mean the world to them.
With every passing month, my desire to do small things with great love is increasing. When I return to campus this January, one thing that I'm going to focus on are the small things. For instance, academics are an important thing to me, but so are my friendships and experiences. Come spring semester, I plan to spend more time with my closest friends on campus. These guys help build me up and help me become a better person. These future experiences with be with me my entire life.
When people ask me what my plans are for the future, I have a few things to say, but nothing too far in the future nor out of the ordinary. However, the things I plan to do are going to make a world's of difference in people's lives.
My Future Dreams
•I want to teach Kindergarten at a Catholic school in a small to medium sized town. I want to teach the children not only their basic letters and numbers, but I want to teach them life lessons as well. Lessons like respect, compassion, work ethic, etc. I think Kindergarten is a good mix of school lessons and life lessons that will hopefully carry on in the students' lives.
•I want to coach or assistant coach cross-country and wrestling. I love individual sports and I think these two sports are great sports for high school students. Both of these sports teach self-discipline and responsiblity. I don't want to just coach my students on the sport, but I want to prepare them for the next stage in life, which is college. I want to teach them how to be a mature athlete who is accountable for their actions.
•I want to get married and raise a family. I want to be the best husband I can be for my wife and the best dad I can be for my children. I want to help my wife and kids get to heaven by living a moral and honest life.
•I want to live fairly close to my family and especially my parents. I also want to live fairly close to my wife's family as well. I believe that family is an important thing in life and shouldn't be at the bottom of the list. I want my children to be able to see their grandparents (on both sides) on a regular basis. I want to see my brothers and sisters more often than I do now.
Yep, these are my main dreams. Simple, yet containing a lot of potential to do what Mother Teresa lived and preached:
“To do small things with great love!”
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