"Nothing Beats a Failure, But A Try"

     Some scientific studies have said that if you have a task in your head that you want to get completed, it is almost certain you will forget it when you walk through a doorway. It is said that when you walk through the doorway, your brain naturally checks the task as done. Therefore, you can not remember what you wanted to get completed. While other scientific studies try to debunk this discovery I want to approach it as if it is true. So metaphorically speaking, this same concept happened to me when I came through the doorway of the master's program. The initial goals that I had were forgotten as if I marked them as done in my mind. In the beginning, before the program started my heart was veered towards playing professional basketball while also aspiring to build my school, help further the cause for educating the youth the correct way, being a consultant for other schools, and going into the counseling field.

     As I continued to go through the program these goals were refreshed and renewed. It was as if a gigantic hand went into my heart and did surgery on my desires. As I continued throughout the program a few of these goals begin to get adjusted. A palate for a professional basketball career morphed into a desire to want to be a sports analyst. A hunger to be in the counseling field became an appetite to be a life coach. A passion to be a consultant for just schools became a purposed aim to be a consultant for all major streams that influence our world and society. I even grew a new goal which is to one day obtain my Ph.D. in psychology. The previous goals I had weren't just marked as done, but they were taken to a different level. I believe that these goals were revamped because I was aiming too low. Before I entered the master’s program my outlook on myself was very limited. My whole life I had seen myself one way and it hindered me from being open to the many other facets of myself. Goals I created for myself were filtered through a limited understanding of who I was.

     This rejuvenating experience was the catalyst to the changes within my goals. It was liberating to add seasoning to my goals. As a kid, my father would always tell me, “Son, nothing beats a failure, but a try” and this southern proverb still holds. I recognize that if we are afraid of our personal growth, then we will never make any progress in life. Change, revamp, transition, and renewal are all scary words because they take us away from the norm. This may be uncomfortable, but it is necessary. Going through this brief phase within the master's program has given me a new passion, along with my other goals, and that is to encourage others to not be afraid of new possibilities with themselves.