Saturday, October 19, 2013

Servant Leadership: The Call to Service

As a Jesuit University, Rockhurst has inspired me to do many different things and to explore myself to a deeper level. The lesson that has had the biggest impact on me so far has been the call to being a servant leader. I feel like this is one of the ways that I can give back to others. This is something that is important to me because I have been blessed with so much I feel the need to give back. I applied for a service trip and had my interview this past week. I am excited to see where I am placed and whom I will get to help. This year has helped me to see where my potential lies. I am very motivated when it comes to helping people and I am excited every opportunity I get to help someone. I think the thing I am most excited about is possibly getting to go on a service trip. I really want to go to a country and help for a change. Every time that I have been out of the country, it has been for enjoyment or education. Never to help someone who might need it. I think the service immersion trips are the perfect example of servant leadership. Thinking on the reasons behind wanting to go to one of the under served regions is to help people and to teach them to become self-sufficient. I think that this idea of servant leadership also ties in with my desire to be a physical therapist. Recently, I have been bouncing around the notion of joining the Peace Corps after I graduate and working with that for two years before returning to school to complete my physical therapy degree. This path seems like it would suit me just fine, and I get excited thinking about the freedom that, I would have to help others by spreading friendship and aide to countries that need the help. I think that everyone is called to be a servant leader, but not all accept the call. I want to be one of those that accepts the call to service.


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