When I watch Gilmore Girls, it reminds me how excited I am to complete my college education.
Journalism.
Working for a major daily.
They say that if you're scared of your future it is a good thing. So I guess Journalism is good for me. Not like spiders and snakes type of fear. The kind of unprepared fear, the fear of not doing it. My fear more stems from not doing it all. My perspective on Journalism goes like this-
The ability to take any type of story- sports, editorials, arts & leisure, news- and write it to impact.
Take a seemingly unimportant story and bring it to front page, read all about it type of story.
Or better yet, take a life changing topical news story and relay your message of it so well you move others to tears. You help the locals understand what is going around them in the world.
People like:
Christiane Amanpour for her report on the Bosnian War that created so much opinion in that world that it is still talked about in this day. Her ability to take the places she was staying at and reporting on it to paint a picture in our minds was moving.
Carl Bernstein will forever be remembered as the journalist who changed the way we think/report about politics.
Seymour Hersh's dedication to his investigations brought him and all of us answers to the Massacre of the Vietnamese.
Just some of the noteworthy Journalists that have inspired me and motivated me to one day do the same.
I want to be able to write easily. I want to be in the action of the news.
I want to be aware of this place I've been blessed with.
Being a Journalist means constantly taking chances.
And sitting here reflecting on my life, I realize I need a career full of risk, full of chance.
I have been cushioned in my life.
I've basically received almost everything I've ever wanted. So I think it is about time I learn the struggle of not always getting it so easily. Working towards something and feeling like my hard work is what earned me my job.
It's true, when they say that you don't appreciate something you don't work for.
Journalism means creating and sharing an opinion regardless of others.
Journalism means finding and researching the entire story, every side, and relaying it all.
Journalism means finding yourself and who you are, in order to be able to report on others.
Reporting means putting yourself in the shoes of others to relay what happened, with emotion.
A dream to be put on hold for right now, but not forgotten.
A dream to keep in mind as I experience something new for the next year and a half.
I refuse to let anything stop me from what is going to make me happy.
I can do this.
I can do a mission.
I'm used to routine things.
I'm used to getting up at the crack of dawn. Ok no, not recently...I hate mornings.
But I used to do mornings better than anyone.
I used to take challenges, with a side of courage and faith.
So why, at the end of the day, am I so scared of my next adventure?
All my life, I told myself that a mission was a possibility. I told myself that if the time was right at the certain age, I would go. I still had 2 years to figure it out though. Heck, I could've graduated and then gone.
So why now? Why am I putting this on hold now?
Because that is all part of the sacrifice.
It is the part where I will be blessed for later down the road. I can't tell you what is going to happen when I return. Heck, right now, I can't even tell you what is going to happen next week. But I can tell you that I have a Father in Heaven who knows it all. Has prepared a life, for me. And that little by little he is letting me glimpse into my life. Little by little, I am seeing what I was created for, and what my capabilities are/will be.
With all of these thoughts, questions, late night wanderings... I found myself yearning for answers. Yearning for comfort....And I came upon this video.
And here are some of my favorite quotes.
"The pain of sacrifice lasts only one moment. It is the fear of the pain of sacrifice that makes you hesitate to do it."
"Be grateful for every opportunity to serve. It helps you more than those you serve."
"And finally, when you are compelled to give up something or when things that are dear to you are withdrawn from you, know that this is your lesson to be learned right now. But know also that, as you are learning this lesson, God wants to give you something better."
There it is, prayers answered. What I am doing is true. What I am doing is preparing me for the greater good. Believe it, trust it. Love it.
Attitude of Gratitude.
Being a Journalist means constantly taking chances.
And sitting here reflecting on my life, I realize I need a career full of risk, full of chance.
I have been cushioned in my life.
I've basically received almost everything I've ever wanted. So I think it is about time I learn the struggle of not always getting it so easily. Working towards something and feeling like my hard work is what earned me my job.
It's true, when they say that you don't appreciate something you don't work for.
Journalism means creating and sharing an opinion regardless of others.
Journalism means finding and researching the entire story, every side, and relaying it all.
Journalism means finding yourself and who you are, in order to be able to report on others.
Reporting means putting yourself in the shoes of others to relay what happened, with emotion.
A dream to be put on hold for right now, but not forgotten.
A dream to keep in mind as I experience something new for the next year and a half.
I refuse to let anything stop me from what is going to make me happy.
I can do this.
I can do a mission.
I'm used to routine things.
I'm used to getting up at the crack of dawn. Ok no, not recently...I hate mornings.
But I used to do mornings better than anyone.
I used to take challenges, with a side of courage and faith.
So why, at the end of the day, am I so scared of my next adventure?
All my life, I told myself that a mission was a possibility. I told myself that if the time was right at the certain age, I would go. I still had 2 years to figure it out though. Heck, I could've graduated and then gone.
So why now? Why am I putting this on hold now?
Because that is all part of the sacrifice.
It is the part where I will be blessed for later down the road. I can't tell you what is going to happen when I return. Heck, right now, I can't even tell you what is going to happen next week. But I can tell you that I have a Father in Heaven who knows it all. Has prepared a life, for me. And that little by little he is letting me glimpse into my life. Little by little, I am seeing what I was created for, and what my capabilities are/will be.
With all of these thoughts, questions, late night wanderings... I found myself yearning for answers. Yearning for comfort....And I came upon this video.
And here are some of my favorite quotes.
"The pain of sacrifice lasts only one moment. It is the fear of the pain of sacrifice that makes you hesitate to do it."
"Be grateful for every opportunity to serve. It helps you more than those you serve."
"And finally, when you are compelled to give up something or when things that are dear to you are withdrawn from you, know that this is your lesson to be learned right now. But know also that, as you are learning this lesson, God wants to give you something better."
There it is, prayers answered. What I am doing is true. What I am doing is preparing me for the greater good. Believe it, trust it. Love it.
Attitude of Gratitude.
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