Introduction Speech
The Universe is as Big as You Make It I. Introduction A. “The Universe is as big as you make it.” B. Growing up in an isolated Navy town, I felt compelled to branch out. Although I appreciate my close upbringing, I longed for more than what my lonely town had to offer. C. This message defines me. Physically by making the choice to pack up when the opportunity serves, mentally by challenging me to broaden my perspective, and reminds me to try again after successes and failures.
Transition: I will start with how I came across the phrase. II. Body D. I was sitting at a friend’s house watching an inspirational movie after a controversy at work, I started questioning myself, my job, and my location. 1. Maybe because of being born and raised in a smaller town, a sense of adventure was bred in me. The thought of exploring any outside endeavors pulled at my core, I felt I needed to be working towards something greater than a lower management position at The Home Depot. 2. What I had thought to be an acceptable path for the near future in turn left me feeling leaps and bounds behind where my heart told me I needed to be. I was so into my head that my surroundings were a blur, then I heard the message sneak into my head like an elephant on roller skates, “the universe is a big as you make it.” Not even 2 hours after the movie had ended, I cut ties with a future in home improvement retail and planned to escape in The Bay of Northern California.
E. When I arrived in the East Bay, I felt I had the entire world at my fingertips, I was baffled to learn things are not as controllable in this bigger universe to start. 3. I was looking for a job and was not going to settle for anything less than a position in a field of work that interests me. It turns out you need some education and a lot of experience to play with tigers and whales. I found the Humane Society of the East Bay and started
Transition: I will start with how I came across the phrase. II. Body D. I was sitting at a friend’s house watching an inspirational movie after a controversy at work, I started questioning myself, my job, and my location. 1. Maybe because of being born and raised in a smaller town, a sense of adventure was bred in me. The thought of exploring any outside endeavors pulled at my core, I felt I needed to be working towards something greater than a lower management position at The Home Depot. 2. What I had thought to be an acceptable path for the near future in turn left me feeling leaps and bounds behind where my heart told me I needed to be. I was so into my head that my surroundings were a blur, then I heard the message sneak into my head like an elephant on roller skates, “the universe is a big as you make it.” Not even 2 hours after the movie had ended, I cut ties with a future in home improvement retail and planned to escape in The Bay of Northern California.
E. When I arrived in the East Bay, I felt I had the entire world at my fingertips, I was baffled to learn things are not as controllable in this bigger universe to start. 3. I was looking for a job and was not going to settle for anything less than a position in a field of work that interests me. It turns out you need some education and a lot of experience to play with tigers and whales. I found the Humane Society of the East Bay and started