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It's a big world out there full of opportunities, dangers, and unknowns. What scares me the most is the possibility of feeling totally lost, invisible, and just another face in the crowd. I have always known I have a greater purpose in life. It is more than just living the common lifestyle, greater than the ordinary, and one totally my own. I grew up reading books like Junie B. Jones, the Magic Treehouse, and Ramona and I have read quite a lot of books since then, but these stick out to me because they remind me of my roots and of where it all started.
My mom was always a lover of Junie B. Jones. She reads those books to her first grade class almost every day and hooked me onto the series when I was younger. Junie B. always struck me as the kind of person I wanted to be. She was a free spirit and completely unique throwing everything to the wind and living day by day. She was mischievous, outspoken, and adventurous. Her "I don't care what you think" attitude is something I have always longed to have. Junie B. was never afraid to be herself, even when people created obstacles for her and one day I want to be the carefree, fun, lively spirit that Junie B. always inspired me to be. I want to be the girl my mom and I fell in love with while reading Barbara Park's books.
As I turn from high schooler to college student, I can't help but wonder, what my life purpose will be? Yes, I want to get married, have kids, find my dream job, but I've got time before that. Time to explore and find the real me, and I can only hope that I will have some amazing adventures.
I'm gliding through the water effortlessly. The gentle waves with white foam splashing my face as I am wisked far off into the endless blue. I am pushed bene...

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...ll my own. One that will have an impact on others. One that will change someone's life forever. One that will change my life forever.
"I am" are two of the most powerful words and one day I hope to add more after them. I hope I am able to write endlessly behind them, but for right now I am seventeen. I am ready for the future. I am ready for that someday, but before I even know it that someday will be today. Then that someday will be yesterday. And hopefully in the future that someday, my someday, will be remembered. It doesn't have to be by many, but just by a single person. A person I have influenced and the question I hope they'll ask is "what influenced me to be the person I was?". They will find this long list and see that these books were on that list with many more, and hopefully one day they will find reading to have that same impact on them.

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