By Jaylyn Bergner Submitted On February 01, 2011
When I was in first grade, my mom signed up to receive a collection of children's books. From the day they arrived at our front door in their canvas bag, I lugged the tote around the house and was never an arm's length from a favorite story. It wasn't uncommon to see me tripping, quite literally as the bag was very heavy for a 7-year old, over stories about Little Bear and Frog and Toad. As time progressed, I hid under the covers and burned through several flashlights and late-night hours, desperately searching the pages for answers and adventure.
Homework became an afterthought to Jane Eyre and Uncle Tom. Reading, and English at large, took center stage when I wasn't playing sports. As a natural runoff to my lifelong, literary binge, writing became my prime focus. And it came easily-like meeting a best friend you haven't seen a while. The conversation, or in this case, scribbling, flowed effortlessly, and I actually sought out constructive criticism, feeding on the process of developing my craft. Granted, not everything I wrote, be they journal entries, stories, poems, letters, newspaper articles, were even worthy of reading. But the action of my pen drafting along the paper subdued my hypergraphia for the moment.
When I began my relationship with reading and writing, I found answers not readily available during my everyday interactions with others. Countries opened their doors. Characters opened their minds. Theories and philosophies, current and those of antiquity, became interchangeable thoughts of mine. However, what I really found was myself and my drive...my purpose, if you will. From the age of seven I knew what I wanted to do. Oh, sure, winning the Women's World Cup alongside Mia Hamm was on the list. And there were are other things-a myriad that augmented pretty much every time I saw a movie or read a book. From being a bobsledder to a figure skater to a news reporter, I've run the gamut with lofty ideals.
Ultimately, though, I came back to my true passion of manipulating words and studying those of others. Now, I've created a life that requires me to use my talent and creativity to fulfill one of my other goals, which is to help others live more meaningful lives. And, as an added bonus, at the same time, I'm afforded the time to write fiction. 1/25/2021 Live Your Life With Purpose Today https://ezinearticles.com/?Live-Your-Life-With-Purpose-Today&id=5839648 2/2 To be successful in your own life, and enjoy most every second, you have to go with the grain of who you are. It does you no good to sit in an office typing out data when you long to be working as a full-time photographer, capturing giraffes on the African plains.
For what do you have a passion? Figure this out and run to it. Jaylyn Bergner is the president of Ardore (www.myardore.com [http://www.myardore.com/]), a company that provides women socializing and educational opportunities and tools. She regularly writes at blog.myardore.com [http://blog.myardore.com/], covering topics from building one's confidence to coping with military deployments.
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