Journo tells students to find purpose in life

Youth & Careers

Students soon to join the workforce must find their purpose in life so that their work will improve other people’s lives, says a senior journalist.
Lae bureau chief of EMTV Scott Waide told final-year students during the 10th missioning ceremony at the Divine Word University that people who know their higher purpose in life were able to enjoy what they were doing while improving the lives of others.
“When a person has a higher purpose in life, obstacles faced would not bother him or her,” he said.
Waide shared his experience of attending the then Divine Word Institute as a 16-year-old who was unsure of his career pathway and how he found his purpose when he exited from studies.
He said his passionate to write about people dying in remote areas due to lack of basic services influenced decision-makers to provide much-needed services.
Waide said a job title should not define one’s worth, but instead one’s worth should be defined by what one did that added value to the lives of other people.
DWU president Prof Cecilia Nembou shared similar sentiments in her opening remarks.
Nembou reminded the 366 final-year students that workplace was not “user-friendly” and they must be willing to adapt to find their niche.
She said when they accepted the missioning cross, it symbolised their sincerity to go out and serve with honesty and integrity.
Nembou encouraged the students to be “change agents” and contribute to making a “healthy, wealthy PNG”.