Blog 5

It’s not the easiest talking about yourself, but maybe that’s a sign that I should be more appreciative of who God made me. When I think about it, I truly am so grateful for the gifts that God has given me. As humans, I think we take for granted the fact that God has made us each so unique with talents and skills that makeup who we are as individuals.

I feel I am who I am because of my parents. Yes, some of the talents and gifts I have are part of skills I have developed along life’s path, but the life skills and virtues I have are from the people who raised me. If I were to say I was proud of three certain virtues I have I would say they were kindness, respect, and compassion. I realize when I think about myself and truly reflect, there isn’t a day that goes by where those three virtues aren’t used. I know I am always kind to people and I genuinely feel that I always look for the kindest ways to treat people. I know that I like to be treated with kindness, and I feel that as people, it is so important to be kind to one another. Respect is another virtue that I feel I always obtain. My parents raised me to not only be respectful to them, but to everyone around me. I know that people have personally approached my parents about how impressed they are with the respect I show to them. Lastly, compassion is I think my strongest virtue. I truly have so much empathy and understanding for others. I am constantly mindful of what others are going through and have a heavy heart when I know someone is sad. I think what I want to do for a living shows my compassion. I am currently majoring in Theatre Arts at Loyola but next year plan to attend grad school in Special Education. I have worked with special needs children throughout my life and the love I have for those kids is hard to put in words. I feel so much compassion for them. My goal is to combine my talent in the arts and my passion for special needs children and open a theatre for special needs kids in the New Orleans area.

           After writing this blog I realized how thankful l am for the talents and virtues God has given me. Realizing these gifts I have more on a daily basis I feel will help me be more thankful for who I am as a person and will bring me even closer to God.