Just lately I began to think about who and where I would be right now if I hadn’t joined the Peace Corps. To be honest the thought scares me. The Peace Corps was the first thing that I really wanted with all my heart and worked hard to get. If I hadn’t of made it here I would have always been forced to wonder “what if.” I think back to myself in 2005, pre-Peace Corps dream, and my life had far less direction than it did now. I mean I was only 19 but still I feel so amazing knowing where I am going and what I want.
In mid-2006, when I first began to have this dream, a fire was started inside of me. I constantly thought about what being in the Peace Corps would be like. I directed my studies, my free time, and my work towards getting this dream. I even ran at the gym with imagined images in my head of the Peace Corps experience for added motivation.
When I began the application process in fall 2008 some of the real work and endurance began. I had to prove to both myself and the Peace Corps that I wanted this bad enough through the trying process. And although frustrating I never faltered and drove forward with the same drive that keep me going today.
The person that the dream has made me into is exactly that person that I want to be. The person I always knew I was. I am happy that I was given the opportunity to let that person come out from underneath. The challenges that I have faced here have prepared me for close to anything.
I’m not to sure where I would be today if I were not here. I’ve always been a dreamer so I think if not here I would hopefully be chipping away at other dream I might have thought up. I feel more comfortable having goals to work towards and having one of my goals checked off so early in my life proves to me that dreams really come true.
In mid-2006, when I first began to have this dream, a fire was started inside of me. I constantly thought about what being in the Peace Corps would be like. I directed my studies, my free time, and my work towards getting this dream. I even ran at the gym with imagined images in my head of the Peace Corps experience for added motivation.
When I began the application process in fall 2008 some of the real work and endurance began. I had to prove to both myself and the Peace Corps that I wanted this bad enough through the trying process. And although frustrating I never faltered and drove forward with the same drive that keep me going today.
The person that the dream has made me into is exactly that person that I want to be. The person I always knew I was. I am happy that I was given the opportunity to let that person come out from underneath. The challenges that I have faced here have prepared me for close to anything.
I’m not to sure where I would be today if I were not here. I’ve always been a dreamer so I think if not here I would hopefully be chipping away at other dream I might have thought up. I feel more comfortable having goals to work towards and having one of my goals checked off so early in my life proves to me that dreams really come true.