Heritage…with an ellipsis

Heritage…with an ellipsis a guest post by Ronda Seubert

Throughout my education and careers, I have often felt like I was a “Jack of all trades, and Master of none” because of the many experiences I have had.  Or should I say, jobs I worked, and careers I had changed.

I was born in a small town, attended college in Milwaukee, and stayed seven years after to work in human resources both in banking and retail.  I eventually found my way to Appleton and finished up my almost ten year HR career before venturing to my second career, teaching.

I received my bachelors in education and was a teacher in the Fox Valley for 11 years, during which I obtained my masters degree in education.  I’ve moved on from jobs and careers for various reasons, but mostly because I wanted more, I wanted better.  I wanted to keep exploring who I wanted to be and most of the time needed a bigger pond to swim in.  For many years I thought my work defined me, after all I was helping people and even teaching children.  But with age, I realized my work is only what I do and only one aspect of who I truly am.  I have dreams, talents to share with the world, new people to meet.  A heritage to grow.

Heritage is about where we’ve been and where we’re going, but true inspiration can also be found in the moment.  When you can’t get the past back, and you can’t quite reach tomorrow, all you have is the now.  In work you don’t want to do, you can be thrown into personal chaos.  Your heritage in that situation doesn’t describe your true self so you set out on a search.  In this moment, you are forced to find the joy in it.   But you take it with you on the journey because no moment is ever lost, your heritage continues.  Eventually the now becomes the past and you once again start dreaming of the future.  So continues the heritage…with an ellipsis.

Ronda Seubert currently works in the non-profit world and dreams of writing and speaking for her next life endeavor. Ronda recently lost her mom to Alzheimer’s disease and is committed to educating the community on how to respectfully speak the language of Alzheimer’s and dementia.  Classic movies are a great passion!