A power I discovered was strength and independence. I discovered this when I was just in the 10th grade when I had received my first job at Sociedad Latina. This is an organization for Youth that is located in Mission Hill. I got paid to facilitate workshops about the community, I created testimonies to present to the school committee and I participated and developed different cultural events. Ever since I had gotten this job at the age of 15 I haven't been jobless since. It felt good being able to receive my own money and not having to ask my mother for money anymore. At first, I didn't get paid a lot but at that age it seemed good enough for me since I didn't pay for any bills. I started to save all the money I was getting for about 3 years and had gotten a couple of thousands that I was saving all for college. Each summer, I would work at a hospital since the program knew I was interested in Healthcare they had gave me an opportunity to work in 3 different internships in Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston Children's Hospital, and Dana Farber Cancer Institute each year. After a year of working my mother did not support me as much. Anything that I needed I had to buy it myself. I learned to be responsible and to spend my money wisely. Now, I consider myself a hard worker and very independent.
A moment in my life where I had lost power was junior year when I was working 2 jobs and going to school. I was so stressed out and it had gotten the best of me. I wasn't getting enough sleep at night and I wasn't doing so well in school. However, I didn't care because this was the moment my mother had lost her job and she was struggling. I just felt like it was my responsibility to help her because she was raising 3 kids on her own and she is also a single mother. I felt that I had lost power because I couldn't handle everything all at once. I had to quit one of the jobs because I had to bring my grade up in school. I just couldn't see my mom struggling, it broke my heart. Although, I tried it I felt like I wasn't helping as much. I sat down on the computer and applied to so many jobs for her. I was desperate, I just couldn't stand the fact that she wasn't doing well. She eventually got a job a couple weeks later and I was relieved. The reason I had lost power was because I feel like its my responsibility to take care of my family and I was struggling as well to do so.
Something I could do to strengthen my powers is to take more responsibility such as, paying bills and owning a credit card and by continuing to work and make money so that I won't have to depend on anybody else. I also believe that meditation and working out is a good way to relax and strengthen your mind and can help you focus better in just about anything. Just being able to balance everything out so that you won't get stressed and just keeping you're mind focused on what needs to get done and overall this will make you successful in life.
When I was a limitless child
When I was a limitless child...
My dream was to save people
To become a superhero
To inspire people one day
To be remembered as someone important
in some way
When I was a limitless child...
I believed I was Barbie
I had long hair
A pretty face
A pink dress
With a matching white lace
When I was a limitless child...
I wanted to teach
I place the bears in front of me
like a class
taught math and English
Students attitude full of sass
Kim,
ReplyDeleteGood post. I really like the design. The images that you chose all have yellow in them, which matches your theme well. There's a consistency to them that pulls the look of your post together.
Your journal is very dear, and I think that you uncovered some good knowledge about your power and your weakness. First off, thinking that your responsible for your family can be a very heavy burden - sometimes we have to help, and sometimes we have to know our limit with this too. It sounds like you were greatly affected by your mother's struggles. Maybe empathy is another power of yours - the ability to feel other people's emotions (and the desire to help them).
Great work on this. Think about what it is with your job that enduces your power. Are you saying money is power here? Or maybe your power lies in helping others and doing meaningful, community work. The power to give back and make a difference. What is the root of your power. Money is likely not it.
Your poem is great, but it seems like a tease. It's too short. When reading it through, it seems to abruptly stop, like you got tired and fell asleep - when there are 2 or 3 stanzas that could still come out. Try to expand in your poems - make them longer without compromising the quality. Because there is quality to them - they just need to be expanded upon.
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