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STATEMENT 1: In his homily at the Class of 2005's Baccalaureate Mass, LMU's President Fr. Robert Lawton, S.J., said: ''So what is the answer to this deep insecurity we all feel? The answer, I think, is to embrace the adventure of becoming deeply, and fully, ourselves. This is what God is really calling us to. It seems like the riskiest of all journeys, this journey to be one self. But it's ultimately the journey that leads us to happiness, that leads us into God's dreams for us.''
QUESTION 1: Why do you think Fr. Lawton says the ''journey to be oneself'' seems the riskiest of all journeys? What risks lie ahead in your college career as you embark on the ''adventure'' of discovering and becoming yourself?
The journey to oneself seems the riskiest of all because in the way of finding yourself. There are many decisions one must take that can be the right decisions or can be mistake. It's a long journey one must take to find oneself and have many obstacles. Not being able to be true to you, being scared of reality and many more things that can be consider an obstacle. College is a big step, the most interesting adventure you'll have to know yourself and knowing who you are.
In my opinion Fr. Lawton said the journey to be oneself is the riskiest because the obstacles you face can be difficult to overcome. After all, Fr. Lawton does say everything you face is going to lead you to happiness and leads us into God's dream for us. It is also the riskiest because you can be scared of who you are and pretend to be someone else. You can also be scared that people don't accept who you are and hide your true self. You can also try to fit in places where you don't belong. So in order to find yourself, you have to fit in or find something new. There are also days that you can feel very successful and have pride. However there are other days that can go wrong and feel like a failure. In order to find yourself, you can't let things that are difficult to destroy. So it is a journey and it's risky because you have to know how to control emotions and be strong for the things you have to face every day.
In my life, entering college and embarking a new journey it's going to change my life. The risk that I would face is finding the things I would enjoy. Also I would need to get used to the work and have different daily routines. Also I would have to find a set of friends that I would be comfortable to learn from them, share with them my college experience and help them with anything. In the long run, if I help others achieve their goals while I strive to achieve mine, it will have a bigger impact in the success that I would gain and the happiness that would lead me into god's dream and lead me a brighter journey for myself. In many ways this adventure that I would be taking its going to mostly be finding who I truly am, which is one of the best journeys in my life that I am going to take. After truly full filling my career and obstacles that I face, I would I'll be happy with myself and it would lead me into god's dream.
After this entire journey is finish it would only do us well. Even though there would be many obstacles you face it would get us stronger and help us find the puzzle pieces of our lives. In many ways going to a school like Loyola Marymount, for myself, it would help me direct my journey to a greater happiness. It would direct me more into god's dream and fulfilling my career close to hometown and family. When this journey is beginning I might be scarred for the obstacles I would face, but all I know is that many people are with me that are going to help me find myself. I am strong enough to live this journey and face what is coming toward me, because at the end I am going to feel proud of who I have become and the success that I am going to have.
STATEMENT 1: In his homily at the Class of 2005's Baccalaureate Mass, LMU's President Fr. Robert Lawton, S.J., said: ''So what is the answer to this deep insecurity we all feel? The answer, I think, is to embrace the adventure of becoming deeply, and fully, ourselves. This is what God is really calling us to. It seems like the riskiest of all journeys, this journey to be one self. But it's ultimately the journey that leads us to happiness, that leads us into God's dreams for us.''
QUESTION 1: Why do you think Fr. Lawton says the ''journey to be oneself'' seems the riskiest of all journeys? What risks lie ahead in your college career as you embark on the ''adventure'' of discovering and becoming yourself?
a risky journey
The journey to oneself seems the riskiest of all because in the way of finding yourself. There are many decisions one must take that can be the right decisions or can be mistake. It's a long journey one must take to find oneself and have many obstacles. Not being able to be true to you, being scared of reality and many more things that can be consider an obstacle. College is a big step, the most interesting adventure you'll have to know yourself and knowing who you are.
In my opinion Fr. Lawton said the journey to be oneself is the riskiest because the obstacles you face can be difficult to overcome. After all, Fr. Lawton does say everything you face is going to lead you to happiness and leads us into God's dream for us. It is also the riskiest because you can be scared of who you are and pretend to be someone else. You can also be scared that people don't accept who you are and hide your true self. You can also try to fit in places where you don't belong. So in order to find yourself, you have to fit in or find something new. There are also days that you can feel very successful and have pride. However there are other days that can go wrong and feel like a failure. In order to find yourself, you can't let things that are difficult to destroy. So it is a journey and it's risky because you have to know how to control emotions and be strong for the things you have to face every day.
In my life, entering college and embarking a new journey it's going to change my life. The risk that I would face is finding the things I would enjoy. Also I would need to get used to the work and have different daily routines. Also I would have to find a set of friends that I would be comfortable to learn from them, share with them my college experience and help them with anything. In the long run, if I help others achieve their goals while I strive to achieve mine, it will have a bigger impact in the success that I would gain and the happiness that would lead me into god's dream and lead me a brighter journey for myself. In many ways this adventure that I would be taking its going to mostly be finding who I truly am, which is one of the best journeys in my life that I am going to take. After truly full filling my career and obstacles that I face, I would I'll be happy with myself and it would lead me into god's dream.
After this entire journey is finish it would only do us well. Even though there would be many obstacles you face it would get us stronger and help us find the puzzle pieces of our lives. In many ways going to a school like Loyola Marymount, for myself, it would help me direct my journey to a greater happiness. It would direct me more into god's dream and fulfilling my career close to hometown and family. When this journey is beginning I might be scarred for the obstacles I would face, but all I know is that many people are with me that are going to help me find myself. I am strong enough to live this journey and face what is coming toward me, because at the end I am going to feel proud of who I have become and the success that I am going to have.
