2016
Bridges
I have many people who influence my life, however my parents are the biggest influence in my life because they are the ones who raised and supported me every since I was born. Through their love, teachings, and encouragements; they have built the person that I am today. Most of their teachings are about living through Christ, teachings that they were taught as a child and their experiences in life. I come from a Christian family. My uncle, father’s older brother, is a pastor at Ya’a’ii’t’iin Fellowship Church, that I attend. What my uncle teaches at church are similar to my father’s teachings. My father always tells my siblings and I to have faith in God, love one another, and to pray for forgiveness. This has impacted me because whenever I feel discouraged my father tells me to pray about the things that I am struggling with and to put it in God’s hands. Just like the past week, I was struggling with understanding the results and conclusion of my research project. I felt stressed that I wasn’t going to complete my project on time resulting me to feel like I just wanted to avoid it. However, I prayed and this week it seems like everything's coming together. Just like that I was able to be at peace and overcome it. Sure enough like my father and uncle said, God is by my side guiding me every step of the way.
The teachings that my parents were taught were influencial to me because I have learn to value the things that my grandparents value. My parents teachings also include examples of how they resolved difficult situations in their life. Their experiecences such as... To be honest, I wouldn’t know what career I would pursue in ten years because for now I am settling with the idea of being a registered nurse. But then, I might want to futher that to lets say a masters degree or a doctorate. I just don’t know what my next approach would be. I am also interested in the lab work that I am doing for this summer, so I could minor in genetics. For sure, I would stay near my family and the maximum distance I would be from them is about..
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Like most Navajo students, my parents were both raised living on the Navajo reservation. They were taught that without hard work, nothing comes easily. They were taught to wake up early, clean the house, tend to their livestock, and to herd sheep. My mother, at a young age, being the youngest of her siblings and the only child living with my grandmother, she learned many skills. Skills such as making Navajo food, how to butcher, sheer sheep, weave a rug, make pottery, and so on. Their lifestyle than is different compared to today’s generation. For an example, they lacked things that most young adults consider necessary in their lives, such as, electricity, running water, a vehicle, cell phone, television, internet, fashionable clothing, and the latest technology. With that in mind, I have learned to appreciate things that I have that wasn’t as convenient as to my parent at my age.
The teachings that my parents teach my siblings and I are inherited from my great grandparents. My parents who were raised as Christians also teach my siblings and I to love others, be faithful, respectful, and humble. For me, I see that no one is perfect and that life is all about making mistakes. No matter who you are, making mistakes are bound to occur. That’s the reason why judging others seems useless to me. My thoughts are to simply accept others for who they truly are. In my family, education is another value asset because neither of my parents have earned a bachelor degree. Since my grandparents had never attended school, my parents were not given as much guidance that they now give me. My maternal grandmother who only speaks and understands the Navajo language, now understands the importance of education. When she was my age, she was never told to attend school but to herd sheep. That is how she made a living; by tending to her livestock. In today’s generation, having an education, allows you to have a good high paying job that requires less labor. Therefore, I do not want to struggle with not having money to support myself, so that’s why I am willing to continue my education. My desire of wanting to give back to my community is influenced by wanting to make a difference in the Navajo Nation. I want to be able to provide for my family and not just leave them once I have earn my bachelor degree. Most importantly, I would like to be a role model to the young Navajo students who are still deciding what to pursue in their future career. If all of us Navajo students continue on to college, graduate, return home to the reservation, and work there; that would be amazing. To return either as a doctor, lawyer, police officer, supervisor, engineer, scientist, and so on; I feel that we could improve the Navajo Nation. |
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