Aim High and Hit It

Each one of us has our own uniqueness. We are unique in many ways. We have different hobbies, tastes, ambitions and likes and dislikes. Speaking of likes, most of our students today are fond of autograph signing. In signing the autograph of their friends, there is one question asking about their motto, and one of those mottos is “AIM HIGH AND HIT IT”.

To think simply, to aim is to direct a weapon at someone or something. Like for instance, a hunter who wants to hit a wild pig, a bird, a deer, and others, must aim well to get many of those he is hunting.

As for the children and youth of today, to aim is to direct one’s efforts and purposes at something; meaning to say, to have ambition in life, to have a goal and try to reach that goal and fulfill that ambition.

According to the Random House Webster’s Dictionary, ambition is an earnest desire for achievement, distinction, wealth or power.

Every unique individual has its own unique ambition. There are those who desire to become lawyers, others want to become doctors, nurses, engineers, actresses, actors, singers, dancers, priests, nuns, managers, accountants, teachers and so many others. If an individual desires to become a successful lawyer, then that individual surely hits his goal. Setting a goal, aiming it, no matter how high it is, if it is done with faith in God, with patience and with strong will, surely the goal of success can be acquired.

My unique self has an ambition of my own. Since I was at the age of seven, I already dreamt of becoming a very good professor someday. This is a dream which is very possible to happen if I will just pursue my studies despite of the hindrances that occur. I am a daughter of a poor family. My father is only a driver and my mother is only a housewife. The income of my father could hardly support our daily needs such as the food we eat, the bath soap, the shampoo, the toothpaste, the detergent for our clothes, the payment for our monthly electric consumption and me and my sister’s daily allowances. I have sensed the budget difficulties that my parents are suffering. They even borrowed much money from my grandfather in order to send us both to school everyday. I pity my parents and I understand that all their sacrifices are for our bright future.

Knowing all the sufferings that my parents are carrying just for our own good, I am challenged to go through my ambition. I know that my success will lessen their burden. Mine and my sister’s success are the great victory of our parents.

With God’s blessings, I have passed my elementary days with my torn uniform and smiling shoes with an allowance of ten pesos a day. Now, I am ongoing for more struggles for higher educational attainment, with my fifteen pesos daily allowance. I have to study harder in order to fulfill my dreams and look forward to the day when I will be one of those professional and successful individuals.

I must think positively not giving any chance to financial problems to hinder the fulfillment of my ambitions. I will give my parents a happy result of all their sacrifices by hitting the high ambition that I am aiming.