There are many days that pass by where I find myself in deep thought. I could be doing a mundane task and catch my thoughts drifting off on their own journey. Usually I sit there and ponder my own personal growth over the years and the woman I am today, I'm sure we all catch our minds drifting off into conversations about the possibilities and the dreams that we have. These thoughts can cross over between positive and negative. Many times a day I think about how I can constantly become a better person. It is as if the person I am today is not enough. I don't mean this in an insecure way towards my own self-perception, I look at it as a way to constantly evolve. Truthfully, we have an intense power to constantly evolve and become better individuals.
I correlate this mindset to my childhood. Growing up my parents instilled important morals and values into our lives. Not a day went by where we weren't taught something important and life changing. A simple family dinner conversation would be filled with important lessons from my father. Our parents took every opportunity possible to mold and nurture us into inquisitive and insightful individuals. Their actions of devotion, loyalty, and wisdom would later impact me in ways I never expected. Through trial and error I was able to find myself and truly learn more about the person I am inside. The moment I accepted who I am, I was astonished to feel a wave of emotions. Of course I felt extremely liberated and confident, but I also felt anxious and overwhelmed. In that moment I knew that I had become the woman my parents raised me to be, but I felt that there was more to it.
Growing up in my family it was always expected that you treat everything in life with compassion, love, respect, and dignity. This pertained to responsibilities, family, friends, and strangers you met on the street. I would say that growing into the person I am today had its struggles at times. I would sometimes feel different from kids my own age because they didn't share the same philosophies as me. Whether you want to call me an old soul or traditional, I sometimes felt the strain of being different. Yet, it pushed me to learn more about what was close to my heart. The people and circumstances that came in and out of my life opened my eyes to see that I am proud of the woman my parents raised. My values and mindset might not align with this generation and some might call it outdated, that is okay with me.
As a woman who was always unsure of what professional career decisions to make or where she wanted to be in ten years, I now confidently have that answer. No career or title can define who I am because I am more than that. My life's purpose is to care for and nurture everything important to me. Each day I find it important to impact the lives of the people close to me through love, loyalty, dedication, and commitment. This is what fuels my drive to keep going and grow on a daily basis. Everything I am today will become better as each day passes because I will always make sure to learn from my mistakes for the greater good. This goes deeper than a career or job, because this is what my family is built on and what my future children will be taught. Life will test us through hardships, but if you hold on to that power inside your heart you will come out better than you could have ever imagined.
Ciao <3
