Sitting in the pub within my church, focused on the superintendent announcing a call for a new youth leader, I hear my name: "Jason can do it; this young man can lead them." At the time I did not realize it but, those exact words are the very words that my life is pursuing. The Latin word Artes, or the beauty of intellectual pursuits, cannot be pressed upon a student. It is within each of us; it is one's will that drives one's passion and one's desire. Pursuit can be defined as "the act of striving to accomplish, or obtain" which is precisely why I believe that my ability to communicate based on my own experiences and reasoning make me skilled and crafted as well. There is a beauty of intellectual pursuits that come with my life experiences that drives out my passion and builds my skills.
I currently lead about 200 members every month. I open up with a prayer followed by an order of events which includes pledges, reports, and announcements. When I finish I end with another prayer. I first began doing this when I was 13 years old. Nervous, shy, and the feeling I felt each time I began made me scared. I talked low, looked down a lot, and was afraid of making a mistake of order. Because I was the leader, if I was to make a mistake others would too. However the hardest challenge for me was prayer. Many times I forgot where I was in a prayer because I knew everyone was listening to every single word I said; I was the only one talking. Everyone looked to me to guide them. Nevertheless, throughout the years my skills have enhanced. I have learned so much. With practice it began to grow on me and I began to accept it. The rush of excitement and adrenalin I get before I begin, I have adapted to where I love what I do. I have grasped so much passion for it, that I have shaped other pursuit from it.
Now I am the senior class secretary, Future Business Leaders of America District Reporter and the Student Body Association Parliamentarian, along with continuing being a junior deacon at my church. My experiences have helped me guide and accomplish my desires for my future; which made me stronger as a person, as well as provided me skills for the future to come. My beauty of intellectual pursuit has gotten me to a point where I want to become a leader to a broader audience. As wanting to major in communications I will be able to guide others through out the globe, and I will be able to fully accomplish this at your university. I am intellectually and skillfully stronger as a person and am ready to pursuit all of the challenges that are ahead of me at Florida State University.
"Sitting in the pub within my church, focused on the superintendent announcing a call for a new youth leader, I hear my name: "Jason can do it; this young man can lead them." At the time I did not realize it but (Remove comma) those exact words are the very words that my life is pursuing.
