Growing Up

Growing UpWRITTEN BY KARRA BROWN

OPPORTUNITY IS A DOOR.

“As we grow up, we are given new opportunities.

These opportunities, to me, are like endless doorways. We can open a new door that pops up or we can walk past. We can look at the door and observe its craftsmanship and maybe even take our time to peek inside to see what lies beyond the door. I am grateful for the several doors that had opened for me during my childhood. I had the chance to try out all sorts of hobbies, from stage crew and art club to being a wrestling manager and playing for a local club rugby team. All these experiences gave me a taste for what my future could look like. I could continue to be a player on the rugby team or maybe I could become a coach. I could continue finding plays who needed volunteers or I could paint scenes I thought up in my head in the safety of my home. All of us grow up at one point or another in some manner of the word, but with growing up we can see that new horizons are opened to us. We are able to seek new goals, and craft new ideas in our minds. Growing up shouldn’t always be focusing on your career or even college, but rather on chasing the dreams that make you; you. I always dreamed of sailing to new horizons, at first, I didn’t know how this might fit into my adult working life, but I soon found out that I could be a sailor while still living near my family. At age 25 I found what my heart was searching for, the opportunity to become a United States Sailor. It gave me the ability to go to college for much cheaper than my counterparts. It also allowed me to become a photographer. It gives me the chance to volunteer to do humanitarian work overseas, and it gave me the chance to be a part of something bigger than myself. In this world, you can be anything you want, but it’s up to you to go out there and make it happen.”