When you believe everybody has a destiny to fulfill it gives you what I guess you call humility.
We are not actively raised to fulfill our destiny- Julia Cameron
I thank my primary school for one of the many great gifts it gave me. It was called Horizon school- a fitting name. Anyway.
I learnt that everybody is smart and there are loads of kinds of different smarts. Some people might be book smart or body smart or street smart or nature smart or people smart. There was a kid in my primary school who loved animals- specifically he would take dead bugs, stick them in a notebook and label them. One day he fished a giant bug out of the pool and carried it away- much to our relief.
When I was in high school, grades and school and university choice became important. Everyone has a pretty homogenous experience in school. Even at university many people are easily defined by their majors- engineer, graphic design, computer scientist etc. The level of university that you go to also tends to say something about you, and at least in my case honors programs were another way of distinguishing yourself from others.
Now, though, many of my peers have finished uni. (I’m also of age to finish university, but I’m still a baby in my second year). Anyhow it brings me so much joy watching the people around me do what they are supposed to do.
One person is growing as an artist and has done dozens of tattoos and artworks herself. I am inspired by how she is proud of her art, keeps producing and is unapologetically herself. Someone else is making music straight from their heart, is getting the recognition they deserve and creating beautiful music videos and songs. I’m inspired by how her creativity comes from within (fame is a consequence not the incentive) and she is so protective of her own energy and self. Someone else has so much enthusiasm for all the experiments they undertake and create stunning shoots. Dresses made of fish, stories of pearl divers. Other people driving change in engineering, in education, in marketing. People taking risks on what they believe in, what they want and what they value.
As I watch this unfold, I know that the only way I stay happy and excited is if I’m pursuing my own creativity and path with as much energy, enthusiasm, and effort as I can muster. On a regular basis I find myself jealous of people for something or another. It could be an attitude they have, a connection they have, something they have achieved. I use that as a signal for an area where I need to take risks and open myself up.
In the past, had I been going to university in person, or at a younger age, all the celebrated over achievers tend to fall in one category. Good grades, good extracurriculars, etc. the typical stuff. But, by attending university online, I have met people pursuing education from all ages. I have so opened my definition of what success is and what grades are good for. Life is about pursuing your destiny – whatever that is- and everyone has one. The ways in which people are pursuing theirs is my source of inspiration and knowledge.
I was recognized by university as “committed to the success of her peers” and the above is probably why
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"I was recognized by university as “committed to the success of her peers” and the above is probably why." Would love to know more about this. An award you got?