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WRITTEN BY
CHIERA FAYE
VARONA
Email: chierafaye.varona@gmail.com
Twitter: @callmechiera
E
ver since I was a child, my
destiny has been decided
—to be a teacher like my
mother. Growing up, I was
always surrounded with
teachers—from my mother to
family members to the people I
am always with. It has been
engraved in my heart and in my
mind that I will become a teacher
like my mother. But as I grow up,
I discovered a lot of things that I
wanted to be. During my
elementary days, I have chosen
several career paths that I have
dreamt of. First, I wanted to be a
doctor because I want to help the
sick people. That was when after
I saw a man who had a small cut
from a knife after peeling a green
mango outside the school. I felt as
if I should help these people
because who else will, right? But
then, after a year, I changed into
another career path again. This
time, I wanted to be a police
woman because I wanted to keep
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the bad people behind bars. The
reason this time was because my
neighbor got robbed. They lost their
money and jewelries after that
incident. I felt that these criminals
have to go behind bars to not have
another victim. Yet again, the next
year, I changed career path again.
This time, I wanted to be firefighter
because my neighbor’s house was
burned down and we were not able
to stop the fire. That time, I
promised myself that no family
should lose a home because we were
not able to put down the fire. Yet
again, you guessed it, the next year,
I changed it again. This time, I
wanted to be a lawyer. This has
stayed with me for a little longer
though as I have really found
comfort in wanting to become one.
The reason behind it was that in my
community, people are not aware of
their legal rights and often times, they
are not aware that their rights are
being stepped on already. This
burning passion in my heart to become
one grew bigger and bigger as I
reached my Senior years since I have
a subject for the Philippine
Constitution. I get to know the law and
I was enchanted by it. From then on, I
know I wanted to get law in college. I
did not openly open it with my parents
but I know that they knew I wanted it.
However, it did not happen. Since the
beginning of this paper, I have
reminded you of my destiny and so the
destiny shall happen. I was enrolled as
a Secondary teacher majoring
English. As I venture with my college
life, my burning passion to get law
slowly turned cold. It’s as if I have
fully accepted my destiny. Although I
part of me still longs for the fire
that once ignited in my heart—
my love for law and for the
constitution. Now, what I learned
from my journey was that as we
grow up, we will have hundreds
of choices to choose from. We
will have a lot of opportunity to
choose what we really wanted to
be but we there are times when
time just won’t allow us. If I have
something that I really wanted to
remind you, it is to follow what
you really want. I know it sounds
cliché but it is what it is, period.
Discover what you truly want and
how you see yourself in the next
10 years of your life. They say,
regret is always waiting at the end
of the line and I have felt it hard,
every single day that I did not
fight for what I love and what I
want. We still have a long way to
go, thus, we must try every single
thing that have sparked in us. It is
a trial-and-error process but this
will mold us as we journey the
life, we live in. We only live once
so make the most out of it. The
choice is yours to make. Know
what you really love and what
your heart really desires and that
will help you decide the path that
you will take. It’ll never be easy
but it will definitely be worth it.