My Ambitions And Life Purpose Paper
I am writing this paper to tell about my leadership and volunteer positions, plus I will explain my LIfe Purpose. I am 16 years old and a Junior at Saint Thomas More Homeschool, and I attend Hillyard Technical School where I take Electronic Technology (3-hour course) in the mornings. I am a Firebuilder in the great tribe of Mic-o-say. I attend Saint James Catholic Church. I’m a part-time employee at Fairview Golf Course, where I wash carts and pick up range balls. I have been on four High-Adventures in the troop including: Canada (2008), Colorado (2009), Canada (2010), and Philmont Scout Ranch (2011).
At Hillyard, I have shown leadership by being picked for a competition called B.E.S.T Robotics where your team builds a robot out of the materials that they give you. There are two competition this year. Districts will be in Sedalia, MO and regionals are in Tennessee.
In school, I am part of the homeschool academic team that will compete at the quiz bowls at Truman Library, Highland Community College, and Maple Woods Community College. I am also in the homeschool choir and compete with the homeschool chess team.
At church, I am an altar server and play my violin during mass with my mom sometimes. I have attended a lot of activities for our church such as: youth group, 2009 NCYC (National Catholic Youth Conference), 2010 KCYC (Kansas City Youth Conference), the March for Life (in Washington, D.C.), the first annual Pro-Life Boot Camp, helped with the South Side parade with the pro-life float, summer Totus Tuus, and much much more. I am in the New Generation Singers, which is a Christian choir that meets on Sunday nights and performs at various churches.
I play two musical instruments: the Violin and Piano, which I am very talented at both. Mostly I play in a musical group called “The Fiddlers Three,” where we play classical, blue grass, fiddle, and pioneer songs. We have performed 30 shows per year at nursing homes in Saint Joseph, the Firefighters Union in Saint Joseph, the Loins Club, the Altar Society at our church, Trails West, PumpkinFest, and many more. My future goals in music is to teach some private lessons (I already have 2 weekly students), and hopefully to continue to play in college orchestra.
I used to play sports before I got a concussion on November 6, 2010. I played varsity Ice Hockey, Soccer, and Golf. But because of that injury, I am not a llowed to play right now. I still enjoy playing golf and being a Hockey referee.
In Mic-o-say, I have earned ribbons and awards. I have shown the dedication to earn the blue dance coup, which means I attended 16 dances and 16 dance practices, and wrote a short paper on a real Native American dance. I am currently working towards the goal of earning the orange dance coup which is after you attend 50 dances. I have won 2nd place at the 2010 Pow Wow for Warrior Fancy Dance, and 4th place at the 2011 Conclave Warrior Fancy Costume. Twice, I held a costuming meeting at my house for the fellow tribesmen in my Troop so they could work together on their costumes.
My biggest leadership role in Scouts being a Troop Guide this year. That is what I am most famous for in my troop. Because I work great with the first years and my knowledge in Scouts is so great. This is the second time I have been a troop guide in my scouting career. Some people have asked me if I will be a Troop Guide again when I am an Eagle Scout, I said that I would never turn down an opportunity to be a Troop Guide. Even if someone asks me. I will always be honored to be a troop guide for Troop 216.
My life purpose is to live for our creator God and to obey my parents who He put to raise me, and to be a good Catholic. Also to live by the Scout Oath and Law in my everyday life. This was not easy when I first really tried to follow that rule in life. It never really hit me what the scout oath and law really meant until my second year in Scouts when I was in long enough to understand what it meant. Now I can do it with no problem.
Just starting out, a Scout should first live by the Scout motto and the Scout slogan. The slogan is “Do a Good Turn Daily” and the motto is “Be Prepared”. The slogan can mean unload the dishwasher when you were not supposed to do it, or being helpful around the house, or something like that. Being prepared is even sometimes hard for me today. We all struggle with it a little. Be prepared for your upcoming campout or job interview--it could be used in any situation. Be ready for what could come your way every day.
The most important word in the Scout law is, IS. It is that easy because it means all of those things. He is friendly, helpful, reverent. It does not matter which word in the Law, a Scout should be that thing. When I heard that for the first time that IS is the most important word in the Scout Law, I had to let it sink in for a few days before I really grasped it and really took that to heart for my everyday life.
I feel that I have not found my true calling in life right now. It could change any day. As of right now, I would like to attend Kansas State University and study Physical Therapy or Occupational Therapy. I would like to help people who have the same problems that I did when I got my concussion and back injury. Because I still go to a physical therapist to this day, it still interests me the most. I have also felt different things might be in my future--like being a Youth Group leader or going into Pro-Life work, or be a Rehab Doctor for people like me, or flying in Aviation like my Dad . It feels like my plan could change a lot. One day, God will show me which way to go.
As my Dad says Scouting changes your life--and it does, I swear. I do not know where I would be today if it was not for Scouting. I would also not be here writing this paper if it was not for some great adult leaders and assistant Scoutmasters. I can’t thank them enough for all that they do in scouting, and for all they did nice for me these six years.
The ambitions in my life are not few. I have a lot of goals for the future. First was finishing my Eagle Scout, and now I am here, so I feel that I have accomplished this goal. I also have a goal to have all my boys, if I have any boys, to be in Mic-o-say and to work up to Eagle Scout rank. I believe that Scouting is just the best program out there for any boy or young man. My goal in Mic-o-say is to achieve the paint station of Keeper of the Sacred Bundle, then I hope to get white paint over the years after that.
My goal for education is to finish high school then to go to a four-year university and get my master’s degree in whatever I study in college. After college, I would like to get a job, and coach a hockey team, and be a youth group director. I would be very good at teaching the faith.
You can’t list all of your goals because that would take up too many pages, so I have listed some that are my main goals, and you always have more goals later in life. You just have not set them yet.
In conclusion, I hope that you see a great person here typing this paper. A recent post on my Twitter account is @OUTLAWS1995: “Some people these days take the easy path in life because they know that they can finish the job without doing anything hard. Be the over achiever”. This Tweet that I posted was meant so people can be encouraged to achieve more in life. You could get more compliments and rewards if you just try a little harder when starting your next task. I have seen this in the groups and activities that I am in. I challenge all scouts to step out of their comfort zone to achieve more in life because before you know it, your chances might be taken away.
Thank you for reading this. I hope it gives you a good idea on how I hope to live out the rest of my life as an Eagle Scout.
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