Week 5 Reflections

As I watched the video "A Hero's Journey" I felt a lot of emotions and thought a lot. These videos and readings each week make me really reflect on who I am and what I'm good at. I really appreciated that the speaker gave good "homework" to help you find yourself and your mission in life. Like, asking 5 people in your life what is the thing you are better at than anyone else in the world? and to include specifics and examples. I can't wait to do this. Because I really don't know what people would say to me, about me. He also talked about what is a problem that I feel I came and was sent to earth to solve? I have some inklings of some things for me, including women's rights, and helping people who are born without as much as me. I feel very passionately about those things which is also what he suggested. He said to consider what injustices and opportunities you can't resist.

I also really like how he hit on how we really were all born to fulfill a mission and do specific things to improve the world, and that as we seek help on those things and do our best to figure it out and live them, that we really will be able to look back on life on our deathbed and know we made a difference. And that to me would be the greatest feeling. I have always felt this passion deep down to change the world in some way, and I really hope to do that in small and/or big ways in my lifetime.

And one more thing I appreciated that he pointed out when trying to find your way, is when was the last time you lost track of time? What is something that is pure joy and is something I enjoy doing whether or not it is required of me or an assignment? I really need to reflect on all of these things more, but I do know I love to learn, read, talk to people, etc. I'm excited to really think about these things more and discover more of my own journey for this life.

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