Philosopy Assignment
1. Things that satisfy me are accomplishing goals that I have set for myself, being a good friend to others, being financially set, music, giving back and contributing to better society.
I gain pride from the brotherhood that exists in our nation and the sense of us being united. I gain confidence in my fellow man and the hope for a better tomorrow. I gain assurance in knowing there are people working to make things better for all people and all things. I gain certainty in seeing these good deeds go noticed and encouraging others to follow along.
I am a member of Peace Corps of America and plan to enroll after completing College. I’ve always enjoyed community service and working with children so I plan to use those talents to help the greater good. I will serve a 2 year term of service in any country around the world to help with anything from Aids awareness, child education, building school buildings, and working towards world peace.
2. The things that challenge me would be my goals that I emplace, staying motivated and making decisions. It took me a long time to decide that I wanted to join Peace Corps and now with transfer application dates getting closer I need to decide which college I want to go to next fall. I tend to put things off until the last minute, causing a lot of headaches. This is certainly an area in which I need to improve. Also, I need to learn how to say no I’m always my friends go to person (I’m not sure if that’s a bad thing or not) but I’m often overwhelmed by the pure volume of things that people dump on me.
Along with that, I guess I need to work on being more carefree. But also, I want to trust other people easier and not be so stubborn.
Things that make me curious would be education and learning; I’m always searching for the answer to some problem and always want to learn more.
I’m anxious over wars, going away with Peace Core, transferring to my 4 yr, and finding happiness in it all. I’m worried about making the right choices in life. I’m frustrated over the blind hatred that seems to exist in our world today and takes shape in things like murder, genocide, hate crimes, etc.
3. My hopes are to be successful, make my parents proud, make a difference in people’s lives, be able to completely financially support myself without any help from my parents and to travel all around the world in my lifetime.
In regards to my future, I know the stereotypical answer would be in 5 years I see myself married with kids but honestly, I don’t. I see myself finally settling into a career, traveling, maybe studying abroad, who knows. I’ve been a dreamer my whole life and have no need or want to stop that now. In my option a successful and happy life is a life well experienced. No opportunity wasted and no regrets. That’s how I plan to live for the rest of my life. As for a better world, that would entail more dreamers to make things happen and influence others to stray from the beaten path. World peace will always be my biggest priority and a hope for a better world. I hope that view never changes, no matter what I experience. I believe that you have to start off small and work your way up but in order to get the bigger picture you have to first want that bigger picture.