The Story:
As a college student, the two questions I was always asked was "What school do you attend?" and following this question, "What are you majoring in?” Attending a small all women's college and being a Speech-Language Pathology major, my answers did not always render a response that indicated my listener is impressed by either fact. Now don't get me wrong, when someone does know about this field of study (or my small college), I received wonderful responses and affirmations about my career choice, many even proceed to describe how successful one of their acquaintances were in the field. While these moments create an overwhelming amount of excitement, conversations with individuals who didn't know what an SLP was at all somehow chipped away at the confidence I had in majoring in SLP. It's funny how things change because I use to be "that person" until I had a conversation with a close friend my senior year in high school. She was telling me about how much I would enjoy being an education major in college because her sister enjoyed this education class she took although she was an SLP undergraduate student. That evening when I went home, I researched the field and immediately grew interest! ACTION It just so happens that this one conversation changed my entire journey! I realized that instead of feeling smaller when someone doesn't know or understand what my career goal, I could use these moments as the educational experience that it truly is! As a challenge for YOU, and myself: Come up with a short spill about the field that you can share when someone hits you with questions like: “ So what do you plan on doing with a degree in that?” or “SOOOO you’ll be like a speech teacher or something?”. Be excited to have the opportunity to share it could be life-changing for them as it was for me. T.R.U.E w/ God I recognize my selfishness! As a Christian, I would ask God to “show me my purpose”. BUT as God continued and still continues to reveal my purpose I had to make the choice to be willing with no reservations. Even knowing and experiencing how great this field and the number of people I have the opportunity to impact, I would compare myself to friends who were going to medical school, dental school, or law school and it made me feel like what I was doing wasn't good enough. Don't allow societal standards on what is considered to be a career of high regards in society (ex. doctor, lawyer, or engineer) cause you to feel like what God has called YOU to do is not good enough. We cannot be selfish in our pursuit to live out God’s calling for our lives. I am truly thankful that God has allowed me to be apart of such a remarkable field and honored to serve in Him through it!
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