Do not lose yourself. My prof reminded us that on the last lesson of the semester.
I realised how apt this was. I have been trying to determine what was wrong with me for the past 3 - 4 months. Now it is easy to say that I have lost myself. I lost sight of myself inside out, completely and devastatingly. I forgot what I was doing this for. I forgot who am I doing this for. I forgot why I am doing this, altogether.
It was a sad, slopping, but tight slap in the face. If anything, it was also a good wake-up call. I needed to remind myself who I am. And so, this is me actively doing it. This is who I am:
I am Hui Ling, 22 this year. Passionate about the world - our environment, including the land we are standing on, the ocean which seems ever so boundless, and the air - the very thing that keeps us all alive. I want to be a protector of Earth for the longevity of everything and anything that lives on it. To do that, I want to utilise the skills that I possess, that I have been honing to value-add to companies to help them to rethink and to integrate sustainability within their businesses. As I progress in my career, I want to explore different solutions that companies can invest in to help accelerate the growth of sustainable businesses and businesses that help us sustain. As I grow older, I want to be able to invest in solutions (i.e., technologies) that I believe in so that I can help to propel its growth. I will always take pride in the work that I am doing because they very much represent me as a person - my purpose, my beliefs, and my hopes & dreams. Beyond my work, I am a daughter, a sister, a partner, and a friend to many. And they are important stakeholders in my life as well.
And this is very much, me.
Trust that I will come back to this whenever I waver because I trust that it would be more common than I think it will be. So now, Hui, all the decisions that you will make need to be aligned with who you are as a person. Nothing more and nothing less. Do this for yourself, for the people around you, and for what you stand for.
Do not lose yourself.
Hui
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