An Unsuspecting Will to Serve

A professor reflected on this pre-professionals blog and those of my class. One comment she said was "what caught my eye is how many of you feel a service-driven need related to your career--you want to help people. That is quite notable (and very opposite to that reading on narcissism!)." To me this statement is loaded with criticism, challenge and compliment. First of all, and probably the least notable of those three is the criticism I noticed. Earlier in the semester we read an article about our generation being narcissistic. I find this to unfair and false assumption. But with regards to the rest of my professor’s comments, it pleases me to see that our generation seems to be disproving society's thought about us being narcissistic. Secondly, this comment is a huge compliment. To be called notable is not to be taken lightly. The college-aged is often stereotyped and viewed a radical stage in life. Though everyone experiences it, many do not take this age seriously and tend to overlook their opinions. But for a professor to recognize our efforts and potential is such a rewarding feeling. That being said, I take this compliment as a challenge. It is a challenge to continue to believe in myself and my generation, which will rise to success and serve this world and not ourselves. We are a generation of technology and opportunity to reach others like none before. I believe, as a generation, we recognize this valuable chance to do something extraordinary. For me, I want to take my skills and go to South America. I want to use my talent for knowing another language to educate those in Spanish and teach them so that they may in return help themselves and help others. Overall, I want to serve, using all my resources I have been blessed to grow up with. I want to continue to break this narcissistic idea of our generation and continue to look at others and ways to help them.