By Allison Stein
Have you ever considered the importance of defining your personal vision? To live intentionally, it is essential to articulate your goals and dreams and to honor those aspirations in your daily actions. Below is my mission statement as a beginning writer:
“With my God-given talents, I aspire to extend my outreach to strangers in a positive, meaningful, and long-lasting way. I hope to earn a living as an author and editor and, in the process, to earn the opportunity to influence my community and world. Driven by my interest in purposeful self-expression, I intend to develop reflective work and to share those insights with an audience. Telling stories is the medium through which I encapsulate ideas, empower action, and inspire hope; and I am passionately compelled to pursue challenging dreams. In the future, I desire to achieve an occupation that allows me to think critically and create imaginatively, to ask questions and offer answers, to live in accordance with my values and to accept the evolution of my identity with new experiences. I will be strong. I will be resilient. I will be motivated. I will be kind. I will be genuine. I will choose my outcome before my action, not the other way around. I will overcome my fear of inadequacy and live in the absence of self-imposed limitations. I will overcome my avoidance of vulnerability and find the courage to be seen. Perhaps one day I will overcome the ephemeral nature of humanity and write my legacy indelibly on the paper of other people’s hearts.”