Strengths essay by Dawn Kempton

My Strengths are Connectedness, Adaptability,Empathy, Strategic, Positivity

  Well I have found that all of these have been accurate throughout my life. I do know that everything in life is connected and I do not believe in coincidences. Every thing happens for a reason. We may not always know what the reason is but it does happen for a reason. Some points in my life I have been very sure that the reason I was over looked for a promotion or did not get a car I wanted was because some higher power was looking out for me. I also can say that there have been many times when I have had to look back and ask" What in the h!#@@ was the point  of that happening?" So it is all realative. I do think that many times we create our own fate so to speak. 

     I can say that these skills have come into play in this first week of classes. I also can say that I am still having challenges with tech issues and with the normal getting into the swing of things. So far this week, I have had tech issues with linking the blog page( still an ongoing issue) my computer dying without warning! Having to get a new one. Trying to balance my home responsibilities school and volunteering. So staying positive has been a challenge. I also realized that I had been doing my blogs in Word so when the linking issues were over I could cut and paste them and not be failing this class. Well they were all on my old computer and since it wont even turn on I am getting to redo the entire thing for both classes I am taking. Yea me! 
   
    So I see how my top 5 traits have come into play. I was strategic in deciding to write my assignments in Word I was able to adapt to the situation I have been dealt with the tech issues, I know that by taking classes, someone in need will be needing my help and I will be ready to help them when I graduate and am able to be a victim advocate. Right now I am needed to be in school learning how to help them and they are having to go through their own issues so that i can be of help to them. I am able to understand them better because I am empathetic. And The most challenging of all is for me to work on being positive!!!
  
     I found that whenever someone decides to go to school or make a life change, the universe often starts throwing curve balls at you. I think it is to see if you are really serious about what you are doing. I have found the universe has a sense of humor that is not always the same as you or me. Staying positive and focused is what gets you through. I am glad that all of this happened on the first week of classes and not the end.

Dawn