I believe that my happiness and success will not come from one major decision in my life, but through a combination of many smaller choices. I was once a student who believed that my whole life was bottled up in the career path I would choose, but after time I learned otherwise. Happiness is not defined by your career of choice, but is defined by the person you are to yourself and to others. My success is a result of the people who have helped me and in return those who I have provided assistance to. My happiness comes through knowing I have made a positive impact in the world at a young age.
Being the eldest child yields a lot of responsibility, one of them, being a role model. My younger sister looks up to me. My decision to help her with her work at a young age has assisted her in life. Today I am slowly allowing her to learn for herself how to play in the game of life. This small action has allowed me to find the happiness of helping someone and the success of producing a fine young adult.
Choosing to do community service is another small decision that has influenced my life. Currently I am a junior assistant at my church’s Sunday School program and I help raise money for junior golfers at a local golf course. I personally have participated in one golf contest, and know the feeling kids get when they are rewarded with a trophy, visor, or any little thing for a job well done. Knowing that I am providing that feeling month after month produces happiness within myself. This action is also just another step to my success that will play a part in my future.
There are even smaller choices that lead to happiness and success that many people tend to over look. For example, finishing homework, studying for a test, completing a diet and losing a few pounds. Typing this essay, writing my thoughts, there are so many small contributions people can make to the world that can make a huge amount of difference, both to the people in it and to oneself. The amount of money one makes, the millions of friends one can have, or even the biggest house cannot provide happiness and success if a person is not pleased with the smaller contributions they make in life. I believe that those are the ones that define a person and combined together, the decision to complete them will bring about a bright and beautiful future.