Moreau Integration Two - Semester Two Moreau FYE - Integration Four Making My Mission: Using tools from Moreau to Create My Life Goals My path for myself had always been set out. Well, sort of. My parents had always pushed me to do what I wanted, at least most of the time. I have been supported by a family who has let me pursue a myriad of avenues and options. I wanted to be a dentist, a lawyer, the president, the first female one to be exact, a United Nations representative, and many more. I have the plan all laid out, a house in Connecticut, law school from Georgetown and every minute detail in between. See, I am the type of person where being indecisive and not knowing what is next scares me. Even if this plan changes, the end goal has become more and more clear: to be successful is to be happy in whichever pursuit I choose to follow. As of now the career is global economics focusing on the Middle East. Wherever that broad topic takes me, I aspire to be successful by being happy. These ideas are a daily mission statement which I work to follow. See, this mission has come from seeing my parents stay with the same job for my entire life. Yes, this has provided our family with many benefits, but it has always made me wonder about the things one can do with their life. The monotony of everyday life scares me, yet I feel most safe in the routine. Part of my mission statement is to enjoy breaking out of that continuous cycle and seeing the endless opportunities that Notre Dame and my life offer me. I will continue to take introspective surveys like the “7 Clues: An Interactive Assessment Activity” (Week Four) I completed for Moreau. In the next three years I will be taking classes that I would not normally take, expanding myself to see if I could take extra majors or minors to make myself more well rounded, and participating in clubs and even events that I normally would not do. I know that Notre Dame and my college experience in total can and will change my life if I let it, the issue is letting it do that. From Notre Dame I have learned that the school “prize(s) the uniqueness of all persons as God’s creatures. We welcome all people, regardless of color, gender, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, social or economic class, and nationality, for example, precisely because of Christ’s calling to treat others as we desire to be treated” (The Spirit of Inclusion at Notre Dame) (Week Ten). At Notre Dame I will interact with people with similar and different backgrounds and this will help me in many ways. This will help me not get trapped in echo chambers. As Eitan Hersh states in a podcast about people today, “ They care, and they feel hurt that politics isn't going the way they want it. And they feel joy when politics does go the way they want it. The thing is that what they're actually doing is not participating themselves in any active way” (Hersh 5:23-5:37)(Week Eleven). I hope to not be wrapped up in emotion and take action, and I hope Notre Dame will help me do this. This will allow me to build upon my mission statement and make myself a better person in the long run. This will also add to my mission statement as it will force me not to be idle in my actions. I can see the issues around me and I need to know I have the power and compassion to change the problems. My mission statement will be influenced by what I have learned at Notre Dame. This will include reflecting on my life influenced by Pico Iyer (Week One), remembering my life is short term influenced by Theresa Aletheia Noble(Week Three), and asking those close to me what I can work on as a person from the “Discernment Conversation Activity”(Week Five). Adhering to these tools which I learned at Notre Dame in Moreau, I can work on and continue to refine my mission statement which will continue to change throughout my lifetime. I also know that my mental health is front and center in my goals, using the tools from Moreau I can help myself achieve this(Week Six). I can use my honesty and reflection to know what is best for me throughout my life and assess what I need to do to become the best version of myself. My mission statement is a guide map for my life. Although my overall career or surroundings may change, my core values and inspirations will not change. I have always been inspired by my parents. They have shown my hard work, resilience and the power of grit. I have also had many other role models, I have aunts and grandparents who have sacrificed everything for others. I have friends whom I know have and will do anything for me and be there through anything for me. I understand and know this is a privilege that not many others receive. Through Pope Francis’s words stating, “people's paths are riddled with suffering, as everything is centered around money, and things, instead of people. And often there is this habit, by people who call themselves "respectable," of not taking care of the others, thus leaving behind thousands of human beings, or entire populations, on the side of the road” (Pope Francis 9:25-9:55)(Week Seven). I also know that it is not in my power to save someone, but rather to accompany them through their issues(Week Nine). I have seen role models at Notre Dame like Hessburgh and the Domer Dozen(Week Two). I have seen the role models I followed at a young age increase as I grow up. I have seen people live their core values and mission statements. No matter how similar or different my role models’ statements may be I want to follow in their footsteps and follow my own. I have also narrowed my mission statement to know that my life is not infinite. I have written a eulogy to acknowledge what I need to work on during my life in order to live a life well lived(Week Eight). This, in turn, will help me mold and shape my mission statement. I will also be aware of the actions that I will participate in during my finite lifetime and know that my goals are better archived together. I have learned this from Dean G. Marcus Cole(Week Twelve). So, using the tools of other statements including Notre Dame’s(Week Thirteen) and the knowledge I have gained throughout this semester, here is my final mission statement. I challenge myself to stay true to honesty, compassion, and love. I aim to love in honesty by holding myself and others around me to the standard of truth. I aim to be happy. A lofty statement which will be found in seeing compassion in others and the small things in life. I aim to use my knowledge and education to use it with compassion. I aim to let love guide me, through pain, suffering, and when I do not know what decision to make. I force myself to adhere to these core values and make it my mission that wherever my life takes me I will strive to use my talents to be my best self with honesty, compassion, and love being my guides. Citations (“Why we need to slow down our lives” by Pico Iyer - Moreau FYE Week One) (“Hesburgh” produced by Jerry Barca and Christine O’Malley - Moreau FYE Week Two) (“Domer Dozen” - by University of Notre Dame - Moreau FYE Week Two) (“Meet the Nun Who Wants You to Remember You Will Die” - by Ruth Graham- Moreau FYE Week Three) (“7 Clues: An Interactive Assessment Activity ” by Meruelo Family Center for Career Development - Moreau FYE Week Four) (“Week Five Discernment Conversation Activity” by Moreau FYE - Moreau Week Five) (“Ways to Practice Mindfulness” by McDonald Center for Student Well-being - Moreau FYE Week Six) (“Why the only future worth building includes everyone” by His Holiness Pope Francis - Moreau FYE Week Seven) (“Integration Three Assignment” - Moreau FYE Week Eight) (“Teaching Accompaniment: A Learning Journey Together ” by Steve Reifenberg - Moreau FYE Week Nine) (“The Spirit of Inclusion at Notre Dame” - Moreau FYE Week Ten) (“Passion Isn’t Enough” - by Shankar Vedantam and Eitan Hersh - Moreau FYE Week Eleven) (“I am George Floyd. Except, I can breathe. And I can do something” - by Dean G. 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