Gertrude Bell

In History class on Friday, we learned about a woman named Gertrude Bell. Gertrude Bell was one of the first women admitted into Oxford University, where she continued to butt heads with professors, face adversity, and be the first woman to graduate with an A in history. Pretty cool, huh? well she didn't stop there, oh no. She then went on to travel the world, learn multiple languages, flies planes, etc. She did this all as an independent woman, and because she wanted to. For the whole rest of the day, i kept thinking about Gertrude Bell. How cool would it be to explore the world, and do good things for others just because you wanted to? To have something to wake up and look forward to everyday? Our entire lives, we get though middle school, waiting for high school, though high school, waiting for college. But what happens when we get through college? work? forever? i guess so.

I'm the first in my family to go to college. i know i won't be the last. The strange thing is that although my younger sister is, well, younger than me, i have always felt that i lived in her shadow. Weird, isn't it? Now she's looking into school, and it appears that she'll be going and doing what my parents wanted me to do my whole life. And i'm tired of always comparing myself to Alyssa. I love her, but who wants to be measured by the worth of their younger sister?

Plus, the older i get, the more my heart has grown for people. i love people, i love doing things for people, and i love to invest my time in people. I have a passion for people lol. So when i was hearing about the life of Gertrude Bell, i started to wonder, "what might it be like to give a significant amount of my life to other people? to do nice things for other people, just for the heck of it? and at the same time learn about those people, how they live, what they love, see how they think?"

Then i remembered something my friend had told me about the Peace Corps. I'd never really paid much attention to it before, but the more i look into it, the more i think i might like it. i could go away for about 2 years, help other people just because, and while teaching these people about myself, they would teach me too! i don't know if that's what i'll end up doing, but it certainly is worth looking into, i think. Besides, i have another 3 years before i can even start doing anything like that. but I do think it would be a good thing for me to do. So i don't know if this is something god is telling me to do, or if it's just my own fanciful thinking lol but rest assured, this is something i will be delving into further in the future :)