Untitled document TEACH WELL AND INSPIRE WELL TO LIVE WELL Throughout this semester I have found ways to deepen my self-knowledge, to define my beliefs, and learned what I need to pursue a life well lived. This is my guide to how to achieve such a life, and I am not saying it is correct, but I think this will help me successfully live a life we would all want. I start with a journey of self discovery, and that can mean literally being alone with only oneself, also known as an “Internet Sabbath.” Because “the one thing technology doesn’t provide us with is a sense of how to make the best use of technology” (“Why we need to slow down our lives” by Pico Iyer - Moreau FYE Week 1). By being alone with one’s thoughts, you can learn many things about yourself. Although, “The more time the participants spend in introspection, the less self-knowledge they have” (”The right way to be introspective” by Tasha Eurich - Moreau FYE Week 6). Sometimes it appears, and you realize that something is not like you, or you know how you act and learn more about yourself. Another way to discover oneself is by seeking discomfort, doing things you would not normally do can teach you many new things. Even though we must care about ourselves, we must also help people, and love doing it, and helping can be done in different ways: “faith, service, learning, and work” (“Young Alumni Recognition Initiative” by YoungND Board - Moreau FYE Week 2). Through faith we can help people who need it, give those people hope. Service and work are pretty similar, both refer to doing physical work and helping others directly. Finally, helping through learning is one of the most powerful ones. Learning helps make the future a better place, it is what shapes people, and it is really important. Especially helping without expecting anything in return and with only the objective of helping. Just like Professor Steve Reifenberg said “Those limitations, though, in no way tempered my vision of the many plans I had to improve the lives of the children I had not yet met at the Domingo Savio orphanage” “Teaching Accompaniment: A Learning Journey Together” by Steve Reifenberg - Moreau FYE Week 9). We should all be confident in the way we live, we must have “the sense of the rightness of the way in which one is living one’s life” (“Three Key Questions” by Father Michael Himes - Moreau FYE Week 3). I believe that we must live happy and confident in ourselves. I laugh a lot for example, and my friends think it is weird that I do that, but I see it from a different point of view. I see it as a gift, I find things to laugh about when there aren’t, and I always try to make people laugh. Joy comes from your confidence in your life, of how you are living it, you feel it when you are living how you would want to. Having a plan is also a large part of the rule book to living a good life. “Planning your career is much like planning for a trip” (“Navigating Your Career Journey” by Undergraduate Career Services - Moreau FYE Week 4). I plan on becoming an architect, one of the best ones hopefully, and that way of seeing the future, that hope, gives me something to look towards, something to work hard for. Learning to accept when one is wrong is also a large part of living a life well lived. I had a conversation with some friends (Moreau FYE Week 5), and they all basically told me the same thing, that I should stop procrastinating and playing around, and that I should work on my https://ideas.ted.com/why-we-need-a-secular-sabbath/ https://ideas.ted.com/why-we-need-a-secular-sabbath/ https://ideas.ted.com/the-right-way-to-be-introspective-yes-theres-a-wrong-way/ https://domerdozen.nd.edu/ https://domerdozen.nd.edu/ https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hZbSdVImfn2hZDqMrdL96dZCNOtHuf6C-lg3sH-Rs30/edit https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hZbSdVImfn2hZDqMrdL96dZCNOtHuf6C-lg3sH-Rs30/edit homework more often, and I knew it inside, but now they helped me and I am really trying to change that. It is also okay to learn from other people, from the good things they do and the bad things. Like Pope Francis said, “in order to do good, we need memory, we need courage and we need creativity” (“Why the only future worth building includes everyone” by Pope Francis - Moreau FYE Week 7). Remembering the good things and the bad things will help you know what things you truly appreciate others doing, and will give you a reason to do them yourself. Another thing we must not fear is change, “I want people to also know that their hearts are breakable, and it’s a very good thing, that it’s worth celebrating because it allows you to grow and expand. And you get to put your heart back together.” (“The Spirit of Inclusion at Notre Dame” - Moreau FYE Week 10). Change and loss will make you grow, and will help you build into a better person. Like Dr. Paul Blaschko, “My parents raised me and my siblings in a politically engaged environment,” (“How to Avoid an Echo Chamber” by Paul Blaschko - Moreau FYE Week 11). I believe this environment of a hidden dictatorship in Nicaragua has built me into who I am, and instead of living hiding from it, I embrace it and learn from it. We must all embrace our environment, our home, and use it to become who you are. My mission statement, my mission in life is to do the best I can to live a life well lived. I want to do all of the things I listed in this integration. I want to transform my mind and my heart to become the best person I can be. I want people, the ones that know me at least, to look at me and to see me as a good example of what to follow. I want to pass down all of the things I will do, including helping people and being confident of who I am, and that people try to do the same. “The mission is not simple, for the impoverishment we would relieve are not simple.” (“Constitutions of the Congregation of Holy Cross” by Congregation of Holy Cross - Moreau FYE Week 12) https://www.ted.com/talks/his_holiness_pope_francis_why_the_only_future_worth_building_includes_everyone/transcript https://dulac.nd.edu/university-mission-and-vision/spirit-of-inclusion/ https://dulac.nd.edu/university-mission-and-vision/spirit-of-inclusion/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaIVxQcqnLs&t=1s https://holycrosscongregation.org/holy-cross-resources/constitutions/2-mission/