"No, life cannot be understood flat on a page. It has to be lived; a person has to get out of his head, has to fall in love, has to memorize poems, has to jump off bridges into rivers, has to stand in an empty desert and whisper sonnets under his breath... We get one story, you and I, and one story alone. God has established the elements, the setting and the climax and resolution. It would be a crime not to venture out, wouldn't it?"

--Donald Miller

Saga of My Life Pt. II

Sunday, January 31, 2010

As last time I shared about my life so far, this is what I plan to do with my life after I graduate college:
After arriving to Lee University, I decided to become a Middle Grades Education Major, so that I can bless the younger generations with my presence and instill in them greatness. I plan on finishing my novel while here at Lee as well as directing a future award-winning movie.

However, my plans after graduation aren’t as clear. As one who has achieved such greatness so young, the future holds many opportunities. After I win an impressive amount of money on Jeopardy, I will use the winnings to provide housing to an entire village in the jungles of Guatemala, then travel around the world going on many adventures, zip-lining through the Jungles of Thailand, canoeing down the Amazon, reenacting the Circle of Life in Africa and hang-gliding with eagles.

After winning the Nobel Peace Prize, I plan on settling down and running a foster home for children and youth and inspiring them to lead fantastic lives like I have. But settling down will not signify that my life will become the least bit dull. By the time I reach my middle-aged years, I will have completed learning ten different languages fluently and fixing the age-old problem as to why hot dog buns are sold in packs of eight and hot dogs are packaged in packs of ten.

I don’t want to set my future into stone, but I know that my life will be well-lived out. I plan on meeting many interesting people and hearing their stories. I will create memories and go to bed at night happy about all that has been done that day. I will do great things and yet still make time to go out of my way to step on a crunchy leaf.

Then, after I have figured out the last digit of pi, I will live out my last days living on a space station eating space ice cream.

1 comments:

Cathleen said...

Pookie, these are great aspirations. You go, girl.

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