Spiritual Journey Essay

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I believe we’re all on a journey, and by letting our spirituality envelop us we our able to find our purpose. A big prominent question I face in my life, and think about often is, if we learn about our spirituality are we able to begin a spiritual journey, and find our purpose?…… I have one answer… YES! The world has shown us that spirituality envelops us, and by learning it, and living by it we are able to discover our purpose, and accept our spiritual destiny. There are thousands of reasons why I believe by letting our spirituality envelop us we are able to find our purpose, and complete our destiny. One prominent example of this is a quote by River Phoenix “You feel the spirit move you. I can be possessed really well.” By …show more content…

The perfect example of this is Jacy Good. Jacy Good was a young individual who after college graduation had plans of working for habitat of humanity, and starting a family. Jacy’s whole world was turned around in an instant though, she lost her parents after they were driving her home from her college graduation when a teenager texting and driving turned left at a red light, causing a tractor trailer to swerve, and kill Jacy’s parents, and leaving her partially paralyzed with a tramatic brain injury. She had to relearn everything from walking to talking to reading & writing. Though, forever changed through one person’s fatal mistake Jacy has been able to find her purpose by sharing with others how texting & driving can be life or death. Jacy has a message for all of us “Steve and I have a wonderful life as public speakers, but we'd trade it in a second to just go back to "normal." I live in a new normal now. Maybe it's time for a change, because while my wreck might be just another set of numbers in some ledger, I sure don't feel like a statistic. I feel like a person whose life was permanently damaged by someone else's bad and preventable decision. I wonder how other statistics feel? Hang up and drive.”Although, Jacy has gone through a life altering tragedy she is able to save thousands of lives through her message, and in turn has found her purpose. An example of someone finding their spirituality, and purpose through religion is Mother Teresa. After Mother Teresa’s father died when she was 8 years old, she became extroidinarily close to her mother, who began to instill in her a deep commitment to charity. After, she made her first pilgrimage to the Church of Black Mountain in Lentice at age 12 she felt a religious calling, and began to commit to religious groups such as The Sisters Of Loreto. She is quoted in her Final Profession of Vows

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