Audrey Hepburn once stated “As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.”
My career path demands proof of education, determination, and commitment to purpose. I have those qualities and only seek the degree to prove it. This degree would add a tangible value to my education, my time, and my determination to be more than my situation. The process to get this far is not easy but anything that’s worth having, never is. On most days, I would agree but there are moments when I wake up and realize how much good I could do for others by obtaining this degree that within itself keeps me determined.
Obtaining this degree would mean that not only will I be able to help better my future, but I will be able to go out and help someone else, it means that I will have an opportunity to voice my opinions and concerns and have them heard on a serious level. I can attend conference’s and forms where others with the same passion come together and try to come up with logical resolutions, and have them presented in a uniform way so that everyone gets heard. This degree means that I will have an opportunity to find a job where my ideas and dreams for the world and our future can be shard and heard without judgment, and can be built upon, where I can find likeminded people, who share the same passion to grow, fix, explore and add on to our global community. This degree will provide me the opportunity to learn about other community’s and cultures in a political and non-biases way.
My career plan is to work in the human rights field or humanitarian affairs arena. I would like to be able to help with relief programs and participate in global debates, as this degree will open up the doors for me to pursue those avenues. I believe that I can help my global community when it comes to addressing regional and international issues. To develop effective policy and laws that, in turn, governs activities of the laws already in place when it pertains to refugees.
Many people hate their situation, and the situations of others, but never do anything about it. As a first-generation college student, I have seen firsthand what not having a higher education can do to you, I have witnessed people suffer in regret, not because they were not smart enough to receive their degree, but because they lacked, perseverance, resilience, resourcefulness, and hard work. I have made it my life’s mission to help those who cannot help them self’s, It is my belief that seeking this degree in Global relations will assist me in reaching my goals of making a difference. I refuse to live in a world full of hesitation and regret, so I have vowed that I would use one hand to better myself and the other to help others.
“As human beings we all want to be happy and free from misery. We have learned that the key to happiness is inner peace. The greatest obstacles to inner peace are disturbing emotions such as anger, attachment, fear and suspicion, while love and compassion and a sense of universal responsibility are the sources of peace and happiness.”~ Dalai Lama
