So yesterday was a tired ass day for me. Started out having to plan games for the kids who were participating in the project I was doing. That...as i would find out...was the easy part. Then came the part of actually carrying out the activities. Let's just say that there were a lot of yelling! Can still hear the screaming in my head now. In addition to that...I was having the worst cramps in months! It wasn't pleasant....at all.
Despite all that...I had a revelation. There is nothing in life compared to the feeling you get...when a child's eyes light up at the sight of you. Especially in children who have gone through so much hardship at such an early age. Many of these children are still too young to realize the limitations their situations will have on them as they grow older.
Children truly are untarnished versions of adults.
In working with adults who have mental disabilities, I find that they are very much like children. They may have picked up a few ways to mask their feelings....to behave like actual adults...but at the slightest encouragement, they will respond as children do. Without pretense.
I have read many books on finding the right career and have attended a few seminars that contain psychological personality tests...etc. My impression of what they all convey is that...we need to find that one thing that we could imagine ourselves doing day in and day out for ...say the next 10 years. Something that will make us get up in the morning with a sense of purpose. Once we can find that one thing, the passion will show in the work that we do. Supposedly money will follow when you keep at something for long enough. Don't think I am convinced yet about the money part of what I might get into doing...but if you're asking me what can give me a sense of purpose in life...it would be...seeing hope in the eyes of the innocent.
Perhaps it is not even a choice for me...because I can not imagine any other type of work in the world that can compare in satisfaction. Since high school...choosing the right career has been the top issue on my mind...as it has been for many of my peers im sure. Perhaps...it isn't so much...choosing...but rather...listening and discovering. Maybe inside everyone of us...there really is an all consuming passion that is waiting to be discovered. And it is this passion that seperates the motivated from the unmotivated.
*phew* that certainly was interesting...to me. Sometimes...writing out wats on ur mind clarifies so much.
Anyways...about crabs...we went to this thai restaurant for crabs...it way too much...haven't gotten sick of having crabs for so so long. Think I shall stay off it for now.
2 comments:
Hey.. remember when we talked about youthful idealism and all? I think you are living it:) Whether you realize it or not, you are already changing and touching the lives of others. This will definitely go a long way:)Guess, if it feels good, you are definitely on the right track..
I agree wif
'In working with adults who have mental disabilities, I find that they are very much like children. They may have picked up a few ways to mask their feelings....to behave like actual adults...but at the slightest encouragement, they will respond as children do. Without pretense.'
Well if u wanna have a test subject that have AD/HD, obsessive-compulsive and among others. I'm available. ;)
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