One's Personal Legend
Taylor Allen
11/10/09 (Written)
I once read that the discovery of one's true purpose should evoke such passion and emotional response as to make that person cry. I believe that. Discovering what one's purpose is, takes time, and earnest seeking. In return it gives guidance, fulfillment and hope. I do not know what I will do for the rest of my life, I have left that open, but I feel like I have a general idea.
Live. Love. Learn. Enjoy. Experience. Achieve. These are the things I want to do with my life. It really sums up the life I want to live. Doing these things bring me fulfillment, and doing all of them will bring me a fulfilled life.
Live: One can be alive, and let never life. How? By never changing, doing, or feeling. I want to live life closer to the max, by being spontaneous, by doing things that scare me, by trying new things. I want to live forever or die trying. LIVE.
Love: Relationships enrich my life so much. My friends and my family mean very much to me. I want to continue to find friends in different parts of the world. I also desire to find a deep, lasting, intimate, love someday. I search. LOVE
Learn: I am a curious guy. I like learning things, especially new mysterious things. Its a big world out there. I plan on continuing to learn new things that I find interesting, and things that will help me in my journey's. LEARN.
Enjoy: When I think of enjoyment, I think of watching a deep sunset, enjoying a view from a peak, or the feel of cool wind on a falls day. We all die. We ought to enjoy the sweet moments of life. ENJOY.
Experience: The World is a big place. There are so many things to do,see, go to, feel, understand. I want to experience as much as possible before my death. EXPERIENCE.
Achieve: I want to push myself. I want to be able to do things in 5 years that would now amaze me. I want to be in great physical shape, I want to achieve things I didn't know I could. I want to ACHIEVE.
I have a plan. Its not very detailed. I will finish high school, and be out of debt. I will go to a tech school to learn advance automotive and/or motorcycle, repair and diagnosis skills. I will concurrently work and save money. I will leave with my education and knowledge, some camping gear, a 750cc Honda motorcycle, and my savings on a 1-2 year touring trip that will take me across the country. I will tour colleges, meet new people, camp, improve myself, see new things. I may leave the country and tour the world, for when is there a better time?Canada, Europe, Antarctica? Perhaps I will find love, perhaps I will find a area I love and a college to go to, or perhaps I will just learn something about myself. Whatever the case, where I will go from there is a mystery. That's the plan though.
The future is a blur, it hasn't happened, and that makes it exiting. I look to my past and I think of all the wondrous things that have happened in my life. The things I have done, the people I have met, the growth I have had. It was great, and with that same fondness I look to the past, I look with anticipation to the future. There is much room in the future. It awaits me. My life awaits, and with it a purpose that will be realized and sought. This is what makes tomorrow so exiting.
