Be Someone-Day 3

Ever have a moment where you're like...I want to be someone! Not so much in the "I want to be famous and I want money and blah, blah, blah." No, more like "I want to matter and I want someone to know who I am."

I think there's an important distinction between the two and it is something that I am coming to understand and know more about as I know more about myself. Personally, I do want to be someone. I want to make a difference, and I want to matter. I think it is in the little things that we can make a difference.  People have the choice to choose what they believe in and who to believe in. The beauty of the human person is that we are able to make that choice and that choice shapes who we are.

Sometimes at school when I talk to someone about SAS they go, "O yea, I heard about you from so-and-so" or "I saw something about what you did." I think that that's awesome. I"m not saying it's awesome because I like knowing people were talking about me, but awesome in that I love that people are learning about something that I did and the opportunity I had. It helps to make me someone and in a way establish an identity. It gives me the ability to ask people what they heard and to also share more with them. It gives me the ability to share knowledge that I have learned. When I hear someone say something about a country I went to that is either untrue or misconstrued, I feel fortunate that I can share with them why what they say is not necessarily what they think. This also lets me establish myself as someone. When I share my experiences and really show people my passion, I am able to grow and learn more about myself. I am also much more aware of the "power" that I hold and that it is a gift I have to be able to talk about these countries.

Long story short, I guess, is that I want to be someone, I want to matter. I know that I do matter and I am someone and I have mattered to lots of people and that to me is a great gift and privilege and it is my hope to continue to do that.


“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies
 within us.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson