Aha! I think I've finally got it! The answers to all life's burning questions. Why am I here? What should I really do with my life?
The school year started off with a dull thud for me this year. I had just returned from an exciting trip to Australia and Fiji; the thought of another year of school seemed an impossible feat for me to accomplish. Couple these factors with some questions about the direction of my career path, and it made for a very stressed out student.
Today was a great day. I went to school and actually enjoyed my classes. I began my in-school mentoring program for the second semester, and it finally hit me... this is what I am meant to do with my life! The one hour spent with my "little sister" re-energized me like nothing else could. I felt more alive and happy than I have in weeks. I just love being in schools, and had forgotten this fact about myself over the summer months. The vibrancy of youth and the quest for learning really seem to excite my senses. I left the school this afternoon with a renewed vigor to finish off my last semester of regular university classes and head into my last practicum full speed ahead. I seem to have re-gained my usually unshakeable focus for the future from a single hour spent drawing, chatting, and reading with a little girl in grade four.
That is something special.
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Cool experience Shannon, very cool! I love those days and those moments. As rare or frequent that they are, we really must hold onto them and let them be some kind of motivating or guiding force. I'm in need of one; I'm starting to feel that mid-semester dullness. When's November long weekend? I'm kidding...a little, I really enjoy school, but there is something about fourth year that keeps saying, "shouldn't I be done by now". Anyway, I'll keep plugging away. I'm usuing your great day as my inspiration to make the most of today! Thanks for putting it out there!
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