A decade from now … what will I be? Who will I become?

For me, it is not easy to estimate a progress that a 10 – year time would bring. A mystery I
have no clue about other than the fragments of plans I am building up, the choices I make
every step of the way, and the changes to take place which have nothing to do with my
control. To think about it, 10 years sounds so long yet so fleeting. The number of days could
be long, but with the lifestyle we have today, the opportunities could run swiftly. The
possibilities that lie between every today and each tomorrow are immense, but so are the
hopes of our hearts.
I admit there are instances when I think of how my future self would become, I can’t help but
feel nervous, sometimes even terrified, for the reason that what if I fail to shape the person I
want to be or fail to fill in the shoes I am supposed to fill along with adulthood. This kind of
thoughts scares me. However, besides being afraid, I also feel extremely excited and hopeful
of my growth, the extent of my responsibilities that awaits, as well as the expansion of my
horizon. And one of the most important choices that made me look forward of what I would
become few years from now, is the choice I am currently dealing with effort and investing
with my time – my journey of becoming a teacher. Before I arrived with the decision regarding
my course, the process was so exhausting and confusing because I was all serious in choosing
which career path to explore. I wanted to be careful, but most especially, I wanted it to be
right and assured. It was almost an everyday debate with myself, my alter ego, and my
conflict of interests. But I realized, maybe one thing that made that process as confusing as it
was, was my motive. I was so engrossed of the idea of establishing a career and an image of
success and did not focus enough on the essence of what I might get to do. And with that
realization, here I am ending up in pursuit of that teaching license, that teaching duty, that
teaching journey.
With this in mind, years from now, I want not just to make a career out of teaching but to find
out my purpose and meaning in its mission and vision. I want to function not just by the
surface of the profession, but of substance and understanding of its meaning. I will allow this
journey as my avenue to reach out and contribute to the society that I belong by means of
education. I will educate, advocate, and inspire future learners to always thrive and look
beyond the facade of their desires, to look inwardly with the hope their hearts hold. This is
the trail I chose to walk on and I am thrilled to embrace the growth this will bring in me as a
person, the responsibility I am going to have with my students as a teacher, and generally,
the vast horizon that comes with this venture as part of the ever – dynamic society.
In teaching, I will dedicate my hard work to create impact in a sense of promoting support
and appreciation in inclusivity and diversity in education in order to bring prosperity to a
larger scale of students, their families and communities. And hopefully, with the force of the
whole teaching staff I am about to be with, we will be able to initiate actions which intend
nothing but the betterment of the young students whose deserve a chance to go after their
ambitions.
A decade from now, what will I be? Who will I become? – By God’s grace, I will be a person
living the purpose of the path I chose, to encourage the younger ones to live theirs.