**I'll start by posting an old writing. The following is the first of eight parts of an essay that Chiquitita wrote when she was 19 years old.**
“Our
path is the one that looks like the most to our dreams, to our reality, to our
truth”…this anonymous quote gives us the way for finding our path in life: by discovering who we
truly are, by searching within ourselves to find what we want and can do. I was recently forced to “think ahead”, to foresee how do I see myself four years from now. That’s something constantly asked to business students; to think ahead of time, to be in the present but live
the future, to plan for the years to come, to be careful when it comes to making decisions
that will or might affect the rest of their lives. A friend of mine once told me that Life hands us a set of cards; they might be full of queens, kings, Aces or
just plain numbers. In other words, you
can be handed plenty or little gifts, weaknesses and strengths… And I can’t
help but wonder what kind of cards it handed me, but in order to find that out
I have to be honest and look inside myself. Only then will I be capable to say
out loud, without regretting it, all my dreams, my fears, my aspirations, my
faith…so world be prepared for here I come!
And although I’m still “under construction”, my mind is already made up,
God’s plan with me is been
carried out. I’ll “grow” to be what society wants me to be
and needs: a woman who’s responsible, and willing to work and fight for what
she believes in.
I plan to
evolve in the business world as a programmer or some kind of mathematician and
later on become a professor, either way I’ll give it my best shot. I know it will not be easy, but I know that
my skills, faith and aspirations will help me overcome any obstacles that I
might face. My communication skills will help me face
proposals, memorandums, letters etc.
For other situations, my mathematical skills will help me carry out effective
analysis. I also master both English and
Spanish, but I can only identify with one culture. Hence I might face intercultural
communication problems. Interest and
hobbies will also help. But, what will I
will tell a Red Sox fan when he or she starts insulting my Yanks? Or how a Jew
will feel by working with a catholic? And what if I face a Harvard PhD in
philosophy, what will happen when he starts talking about Seneca and I start
talking about theorems? …Who knows?
A kid
from the past, the young woman from the present, a Mrs. of the future…The kid is gone, the young woman is in
process, but what should we expect from the Mrs. of the future? Probably a great mom, or at least one that tries to be
one, who’ll try to cooperate with society by providing the world terrific
citizens, citizens with the desire to do what “the kid” and “the young woman” once tried: be
helpful, be happy, and most of all be worth it.
