How I've Grown

How I've grown and what have I done? I've grown a lot in my time here at Wayne State College. In my first semester here, I really discovered myself. Before I got to Wayne, I was the kid that got picked on a lot so they just wouldn't talk much to prevent from getting made fun of. I've taken a complete 180 from that. I've grown to not care about what people think of me, but mostly I've grown to see that what the world needs is that person who doesn't care what people think. If you look at those who've contributed the most to our society, they've been the one's to stand out because they didn't care what people thought of them, they took the chance of getting ridiculed.

I've grown to be comfortable with a loud personality because 1) it's fun to be loud and be known and 2) relating to what I said above, I know I'm making a difference here at Wayne State, maybe not in the lives of everyone, or even a tenth of them, but I know that I have impacted at least one; and if I can just keep sight of that, that I've made a difference in a life, even if just one, I know I've succeeded more than a wealthy person who's famously known.

I've grown to love being loud, but I've also learned that I love leading. Whether it be the leader of a small group, leadership of a major campus organization, or in Wayne. I've grown to reach out to those who are looking for a hand, to learn how to keep my eyes open so I can be that "hand". I've also been intentional with people. Instead of holding a door open for a stranger and letting them go without even getting their name, I've become more apt to use that to "open a door" later on to get to know them, to build a relationship with them, and be their friend.

Really, I think that's how I've grown the most. Thanks for stoppin' by!