Today the counselors went into the classroom to have the 10th grade students take a personality inventory and start reflecting on potential careers that may be a good fit in the future for their personality type. It’s astounding how these adolescents believe they know more than a highly used, viable assessment created for this purpose. It’s difficult to remember back to my high school days but I’m sure I felt the same way. There are parts of me that want to shake their naive little shoulders to make them pay attention to avoid the pitfalls and struggles that could be avoided.

However, it is in those struggles that our true character comes to light. There is always the option to give up or switch paths. Or there are those experiences that bring about other lessons and people into our world that we would have otherwise missed had we skipped that part of our lives. As adults, we don’t always take the time to reflect on how we have become who we have. If only we spent more time appreciating our past to propel us forward with confidence to the next chapter in our story.