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personal mission statement

One of the assignments I have to complete for one of my graduate classes is a personal mission statement.I found a website that helps generate one:

Here is a copy of the mission statement you built at
www.franklincovey.com:

To find happiness, fulfillment, and value in living I will:

REVERE admirable characteristics in others, such as being moral,
patient, principle-centered, witty, creative, and enthusiastic, and attempt
to implement similar characteristics in my own life.

RECOGNIZE my strengths and develop talents as a person who is artistic,
a creative thinker, a writer, a listener, good at sensing needs, and
decision maker

UTILIZE these talents in reading, drawing, quilting by hand, thinking
about quantum mechanics, gardening, playing with my son/watching him
sleep, good-natured argueing, singing, drinking good coffee, and baking

ENVISION myself becoming a person who:
My sister...the other half of me thinks is committed, industrious, and
principle-centered
My son... our future thinks is caring, dependable, and tolerant
My Mother...the artist thinks is creative, courageous, and industrious

AND I WILL REMEMBER WHAT MATTERS MOST TO ME:

20 years from now, I hope to be surrounded by the most important people
in my life. This is who they are and what I plan to be doing:
I think my sister, Terri and my son, Chris will be there. I like to
think that my mother and my friends will be there, too. I would like to be
at a banquet in my backyard getting the teacher of the year award for
Science in the district I will be working in. Hopefully it will reflect
many years worth of dedicated service and many of my wonderful
students will be there too.

If a six inch steelbeam were placed across two skyscrapers, this is
what I would be willing to cross for:
there is nothing that would entice me to do this scenario.
I would be willing to pledge my service and my energy to making
people's children better understand their need to reflect concern for others
and to acknowledge the connection we all have to each other. I would
spend my life's work instilling the values of the stoics-concern for the
betterment of the society as a whole-to the next few generations.

If I could spend one day in a great library studying anything I wanted,
this is what I would study:
I would study physics and other sciences, like biology and
anthropology, just for the joy of knowing something new.
If I could spend the day in a great art museum, then I would study the
masters of the 1300's.

This is a time when I was deeply inspired:
Science!
Watson and Crick! Mendel? Rutherford,Einstein,Schrödinger... no wait,
Carl Sagan, or Steven Hawking...Madame Curie! Now there was a woman
who knew what dedication really is! She died trying to overcome prejudice
and find useful information about radioactivity! All of these and many
more scientists have been my inspiration, but none of them as much as
Madame Curie.

This is what I feel represents me and why:
The UTEP campus represents me. It is solid and yet it feels like home.
It needs some work in spots, yet it inspires learning and confidence
and a slight sense of adventure. It has weathered many years and will
continue to do so. People who pass through UTEP feel a kinship with it for
all of their lives, no matter how long they are away.

If I could spend one hour with any person who ever lived, this is who
it would be, and what I would ask:
I would spend time with the man we call Christ because his answers to
my questions would be closest to the source. I would ask him if he knew
what he was starting and what would happen through the ages. I would
ask him about his views of science and how he would reconcile science and
religion. I would ask him about all of the exclusionary religions and
about the other religions that do not recognize his existence.

Posted: 8:35 AM, Friday, October 5, 2007

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