What connections can you make between identity, integrity,
the undivided heart, and the message of the poem “Now I Become Myself”?
A purpose in life is something that all people search for.
Some realize their purpose early in life, while others spend a lifetime looking
for it. Too many of us get someone else’s purpose thrust upon us. Maybe it’s
the dreams and ambitions of a parent, peers or society. This is something that
is mentioned by Sarton in her poem when she talks about wearing ‘other people’s
faces’. It’s similar to the concept of the undivided heart as mentioned in the
bible. If you are being what you were meant to, doing the job that you were
meant for, then you have no regrets. There is no part of your heart that is
longing for something that you don’t have. Instead the whole heart is joyful
for being exactly where you were supposed to be.
A teacher can teach the content knowledge just fine without
the inner conviction that they were meant to be a teacher. But someone like
this usually cannot last long amidst the trial and tribulations of many
teaching years. Instead, a person who has answered the called to teach and see
it as their purpose in life can become more than a teacher, but an inspiration.
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