The Sensitive Soul, Part 2: Can I Change Someone’s Life?

It’s a good question. Can I change someone’s life? After all, I am a sensitive person with anxiety problems? This is all true but the underlining fact is that I want to help people of all ages either achieve something or for them to heal. I have gone through my own battles, so what can I do for other people to feel like they have accomplished something or even feel better? Since I was 3, I wanted to become a pediatrician. Helping children, for me was a great idea for my 3 year old brain. Well, the pediatrician thing was a phase that I outgrew. After 7th grade, my mind changed when I started to really explore this career. I wanted to help children, but as soon as I saw someone cutting an animal to pieces and telling me to dissect it…..STOP IT RIGHT THERE. There is no way you could have put me to cut up an animal without either trying or puking or both at the same time. This is way too much for a sensitive soul like me to handle. Honestly, I would not like to be in school for that long.

I decided that I leaned towards marine biologist or even ecologist, since I was a big “going green” type of kid in my middle school day. This only lasted for two years and then I went towards archaeologist, my dream job. I thought this was a great idea! History was my passion and it was a good thing that I excelled in it. I wanted terribly to become an archaeologist, but it demanded too much time in college and it was very strenuous in settling down and having a family. (Not bashing on archaeologists, but it is not in my life plan.) Hopeless, I decided to look at other careers.

I was convinced that I could not find anything. I looked and looked. It took me till senior year of high school to find something that I wanted to do. I found a description of a speech pathologist on Google and I was suddenly very interested. A speech pathologist helps people with either problems in communication or in swallowing. They work with people of all ages and can work in hospitals, private practice, or even in schools.

It was perfect! This career can make someone speak when before they could not! That is amazing! Just think about! I want to see the hope in people’s eyes when they thought they could not do something and now they can. I want to see the joy in a child’s smile when he or she can talk to their mother. I want to see the mother joyful in tears to see her child who many doctors said they would not speak and now can.This will make the job not a daily thing I have to do, but a powerful experience that I will enjoy. I love people, and the fact that I want to major in this is so exciting.

This experience will change my life. I can see it now! I do not care for money or possessions. Helping people is more vital than that. The ability to change someones life is incredible (in the best possible way!) I have assisted people all my life and my sensitivity can take me a long way. I can connect to people with my empathy and this job will put that strength to work. I know, by the end of the day that I am going to be satisfied by giving someone a chance to speak or communicate. They will come with hope and leave with love and happiness. I am going to do whatever it takes for me to get that job. Nothing will stop me!

Ps. I have looked into this job and I figured I needed to take anatomy….oh well. I will have to woman up! It can’t be that bad! …..Right?? Be sure to check my anxiety post, if you have any questions!

Love and peace,

K.D