Personal Narrative Analysis

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During the middle of my junior year I dealt with the loss of no longer being able to play soccer, which was the ideal future I had in mind. I began scrambling for ideas, and after exploring over 25 different career options I hit a dead end. However, as time carried on I realized that my future didn’t have to be exclusively about me. Instead it revolved around serving other people. I was never motivated to volunteer strictly for school community service hours, or picturesque college applications. Volunteering through God’s Hand Extended gave my life a purpose, one I wouldn’t have been able to see if I had followed my college soccer path. The pleasure I received from putting other people’s needs before mine was far more rewarding than any self-gratifying