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Searching for a path As far back as I can remember I’ve always been in search of something. To this day I am still not sure of what that something is. Maybe it’s my calling or purpose in life, an answer to a lifelong question, or maybe just a path that I haven’t found yet. I think almost everyone searches for the same thing, but as I grow older I see my friends discovering their lives and I feel as though there is something that I am missing. When we are kids we are all asked, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Most kids are quick to answer, “I want to be a fireman!” or “I want to be a doctor!” I was one of the few that said “I don’t know.” I found that I had talents in lots of things but no one thing defined the rest of my life. While in my seemingly endless search for my path I seem to grow closer to an answer when I see others find their paths. One particularly inspiring instance of this is in the movie Good Will Hunting, which is about a young janitor named Will, who has an enormous talent but shows no need or regard for a path in life that would use this talent to its fullest. In a way, I feel the same way Will does except that I would like more direction and I would like to find