My Personal Journey

Journey, “an act or instance of traveling from one place to another” (Merriam-Webster). “A long and often difficult process of personal change and development” (Oxford Living Dictionaries). Accurate definitions with very different meanings and both really applicable to my life and journey. I’ve spent years sojourning from place to place, exploring travel, jobs, seeking happiness, fulfillment. It was great, to an extent. The last year I, by force really, dove into the difficult process of change and transformation. My journey is hard and complex with many twisted plots and detours, just as all people’s stories are, because well we’re human. However messy it has been here I sit writing an essay to pursue a career in helping messy, complicated people navigate their journey more purposefully. Below is hopefully a snap shot of my life both

In light of all that I have learned, processed and found healing in, where do I go from here? My personal transformation has enabled me to have a bigger capacity to love, care for, see people, have compassion for and hope for the future, just to name a few. I found myself wanting the same thing for others, an opportunity to share their story, to be heard, known, understood, empathized with. I began asking what job encompasses that? Label it a calling or vocation, profession, job, each label captures only a small part of the excitement I get when I think about the opportunity before me to pursue Mental Health Counseling. I know my time over this last year with my counselor has changed my life. I can only hope to be a part of leading people on their own journey towards healing, understanding, truth, freedom and ultimately hope. George Fox seems like the place that pursues excellence in education and seeks to know their students. From the many people I have talked to and the first-hand experience I’ve had George Fox feels like a great fit for me and I am excited to take this next step in pursing this