Life Purpose

In life, all individuals are born with a purpose. Though, some are raised with misconceptions of what their purpose truly is. There are parents and teachers out there who will preach to their children that everyone’s purpose is to go through school and then get a good job that brings in the big bucks. I personally believe that is an absolute atrocious and dense way to think, let alone way to teach children. The way I see it is that a purpose in life isn’t something you can even necessarily look for, it simply comes to you. When I was in fifth grade, I was a Conemuagh Valley peewee cheerleader. We were spectacular! Our perfectly performed complex routine got us second place in the States competition. Only a few weeks away from going to nationals, I had to leave my squad for The Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh. I had developed a rare chronic condition called reflex neurovascular dystrophy from the repetitive pressure on my back in my routine, and I had finally reached my breaking point. The only way to go in to remission with this horrendous condition is intense physical therapy. I was then sent to The Children’s Institute in Pittsburgh while my squad left for the competition in North Carolina. As an impatient, I went through physical therapy eight hours a day, six days a week, for six and a half weeks. At first it was absolute hell. My mom wasn’t allowed to stay with me; I had to do this on my own. Right off the bat I knew I didn’t want to do this. I didn’t have much faith that physical therapy would even help me either, seeing as how in the past few weeks no amount of medicine, two epidurals and spinal nerve blocks haven’t. I’m happy to say I was proved wrong! At the end of my sixth week I was finally ready to go home. I was able to walk without struggle or pain. I could do simple things such as jumping jacks and pushups again. I was basically deemed as a normal kid again. But most importantly to me, I was able to go back to my squad. I owe my