Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Passion. We all have it, we need to use it.

“Passion. Everyone has passion, but they just have to know how to ignite their own passion inside of them to make a difference.” – Trey Mogenson Former Nebraska State FFA Officer. Everyone needs passion. It is the most important character trait in my opinion. Passion helps you enjoy your hobby or activity. Passion makes you want to help get others involved. It also makes you and others achieve more under one common goal together as one.
How does passion help you enjoy your hobby or activity? Well first off when you have passion you enjoy what you are doing. It is something you don’t complain about when you get up to morning to go to your job or hobby. When you like the activity or job you will be good at it and do the job well and also enjoy it. Passion ignites a fire that makes you like what you do and not be a struggle to get out of bed in the mornings to go do what you need to do. Passion shows who you are and what you believe in. However passion is making yourself enjoy the hobby, job or activity. Passion can also make others want to join you in you hobby, job or activity.
If you enjoy what you are doing it will rub off on others and make them want to join in on the fun. Passionate people are generally great leaders. Being passionate about something shows that you truly believe in making something better and doing something because, not only do you love what you do but you want to do it. When you are passionate it makes the thing you are doing easier to do. If you hate a class or thing negatively about the class chances are you are not going to do as well as you would if you were passionate about getting your homework done. An example of a very passionate leader is Martin Luther King He had great passion to make everyone equal. He was able to get many things done in a very short lifetime. Being so passionate made him a great leader. Finally, passion is something we all have. We just have to find the passion inside ourselves and use it to get others and ourselves more involved. You just need to find your passion, feed it and use it.
Passion helps make you and others achieve more. When a group of people are passionate about one common goal, more is accomplished. If a basketball team decided that their goal was to win a State Championship they would all have to have passion to achieve this goal. It is a lot easier to win a State Championship with a team rather than just one person. By being a passionate person you will get more involved. You will get more done. Passion helps achieve one common goal together and do the job well. By being passionate by what you are doing it will spin off you to make others want to be involved. People can see the passion ignited inside of you. You just need to show it.

You can be passionate about anything. It could be FFA, a sport, school, art, drama, mock trial, showing livestock. We all have passion. You just need to use it. Hobbies, jobs and activities will be more enjoyable. Others will want to join you in your hobby, job or activity. Lastly, passion will make others be able to achieve one common goal together as one.
Quote: Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you strength, the patience and the passion to reach fro the stars to change the world. -Harriet Tubman

Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Congressman Adrian Smith's Youth Advisory Council

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NEWS RELEASE
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For Immediate Release
October 2, 2015
Rick VanMeter



Smith Announces Youth Advisory Council Members

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) today announced the names of Third District high school students who will serve on his Youth Advisory Council for the 2015-2016 academic school year.

2015-2016 Youth Advisory Council members include

Heather Bentley of Miller, Amherst Public School;

Giselle Bergmeier of Beatrice, Beatrice High School;

Macie Clawson of Hastings, Hastings High School;

Grace Clawson of Hastings, Hastings High School;

Trevor Conway of Fullerton, Fullerton High School;

Haley Ehrke of Orleans, Southern Valley Public Schools;

Valerie Ford of Sutton, Sutton Public Schools;

Matthew Fredricks of Alda, Grand Island Northwest High School;

Sara Gingerich of Dix, Potter-Dix High School;

Edward Li of Cook, Johnson County Central High School;

Andrew Moritz of Hastings, Hastings High School;

Caitlyn Nelson of Atkinson, West Holt Public School;

Jared Pilkington of Scottsbluff, Scottsbluff High School;

Katelynn Piper of Clay Center, Harvard Public School;

Joel Schroeder of Paxton, Paxton Consolidated Schools;

Joseph Taylor of Cambridge, Cambridge High School;

Tara Taylor of Long Pine, Ainsworth Community Schools;

Jordan Villarreal of Arapahoe, Arapahoe High School;

Kelton Walz of Broken Bow, Broken Bow High School;

Maverick Widdowson of Kearney, Kearney High School;

and Tori Wilson of Elwood, Elwood Public Schools.

Smith’s Youth Advisory Council is a forum for high school students to discuss opinions, thoughts, and concerns about local and federal issues with Smith throughout the school year.  Through in-person meetings and other contacts, the Council provides students an opportunity for involvement and insight into their government and communities.

The Council is open to junior and senior high school students who are selected through an application process in the spring.  For more information, interested parties are encouraged to contact Smith’s Scottsbluff office at 308-633-6333 or visit Smith’s website athttp://AdrianSmith.house.gov/YouthAdvisoryCouncil.



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