"One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do,"this quote by Henry Ford reconnects when it comes to facing something you're afraid of; our fears. When we get over fears, we realize only then that we had the courage before to do that something we were afraid of doing. One time I was afraid was when I started ice skating. I was at a party for my younger sister's friend at an ice ring.…
“Tuck and roll” that’s what they say when jumping off or out of a moving vehicle but that didn’t work for me. I was about five years old, I was visiting my grandparents that I hadn’t seen in a while. I was riding with my dad on a four wheeler and I was having fun until I felt the four wheeler jump, and then I turned around to see my dad jumping off. That was when I got scared. I tried to drive it, but with my family, chasing and yelling for me to jump off it was hard to do.…
Have you ever been in a scary situation that could have or did end badly? Something you wasn't expecting to happen? Perhaps maybe a wreck where you seen your life flash before you? I myself have it was a pretty scary experience almost going straight into the lake. i know i haven't been the only teenager in one of these scary situations on the news there was an article about this 16 year old boy who was kinda in the same predicament as i was.…
fear was now working on the and it did not feel pleasant, but I still have to deal with it. right after putting my phone away from checking the time and proceeded also to ride my bike at a 50-foot distance I see a cop car and that 's when my stomach sank. at this point I was like should I fight or flight RC I was going to fight because that 's a cop car. luckily since it was a dark alley he didn 't really get a full picture of me all the model saw was a guy in the bike writing that but that 's about it.…
One part of the chapter that initally stood out to me was the section regarding the Long Trail. The Long Trail is such an iconic piece of Vermont today, but I feel like Albers fails do it justice in Hands on the Land. The Long Trail was a vision shared by the men and women of the Green Mountain Club. The trail starts in Massachusetts and weaves its way through the Vermont wilderness before eventually reaching Canada. It spans the entire Green Mountain range for a total of 270 miles, and sees thousands of hikers every year.…
Have you ever been so excited that you freaked out when you got to what you were excited about? Well that happend to me. I was getting ready to go to MSU for a goalie camp, and I was freaking out more than I should have. I started at my house, packing my suitcase and Goalie bag while eating some chicago pizza, All this happened this year, I was 14.…
My children, Patrick, and I live with my brother and Ma. We are all from New York City. The house we live in now is a fairly average size, but with my baby on the way, we will not have room for another kid roaming our home. My family and I decided to go to Independence because Patrick and I want to own enough land to support our slowly growing family and there is no way for us to do that while living here. We plan to take the National Road as part of our route to Independence, Missouri.…
During the 19th century, the United States experienced a lot of growth, both in population and in square mileage. With the acquiring of western lands from Mexico after the Mexican American War, more and more people became interested in the westward frontier. The South, hungry for more land to grow their plantations, were eager for expansion. Northerners were also excited to expand, though not for all the same reasons the South wanted to expand. The new land was the perfect opportunity for the United States to grow and thrive.…
It was many years ago that I found myself to be away from home the first time. I was a cub scout then and was super nervous. I was always super cautious and wary of dangers hiding behind the corner. I thought that something would jump out and scare me, or drag me to my doom. I felt more comfortable being at home versus being in the wilderness, where I felt exposed to the unknown and maybe the wrath of mother nature.…
Memoir One of the scariest moments on my annual trip to South Carolina happened last year. I was at this really cool science place with lots of activities and rides, it was called Wonderworks. I was looking around at all the families and all the other kids who where about to do what I was going to, lie on a bed made of nails. The nails were facing upwards and looked really sharp, I was paranoid to lie down because I felt like I would get stabbed by 3,500 nails and I would die. Finally I walked around and worked up the nerve to go over to the bed and then I was about to lie down.…
The hysterical thing about it is that there is no room for forgiveness when it comes to fear or even self-awareness. Fear has shaped me, and turned me into the man I am now; though it is not my decision to clarify what kind of man I am; that is for other people like my peers to decide. But yes, multiple times I have had fears. For example, this past year of our marching band season; at semi-state, everyone in our band feared that we were not going to make it to state. Even though, almost everyone within the program had confidence that we had an awesome show that day.…
A personal experience of fear that I have been through was on a spooky Halloween night. It was a cold and rainy October day when I arrived at my friend’s house for an annual Halloween party. Every year I was hesitant to go because I get scared every single time I go. I even tried to get out of it by faking sick but somehow, after persuasive talks by my friends and the weird allure of fear, I still managed to go every year.…
The trail of Encouragement Although Junior lived on the Spokane Indian reservation all his life, also known for its poverty, he was born with cerebral spinal fluid in his brain that made him unique, but it wasn’t something that would hold him back from pursing a normal and better lifestyle. Junior has never seen anyone leave the reservation and pursue something good beside just drinking, So Junior decides to leave the reservation after an incident that took place at school Junior was already looking for a change because he wasn’t liking the fact of how people on his reservation had never left, he was wanting something better for his own life. That it took, hitting his math teacher in the face with a textbook…
I developed in life a generosity and a craving for sympathy. A fear was to talk in front of a crowd. I botched my marriage speech at the reception with a nervous few words “ thank you for all coming” and sat down. My father leant over the table and told me to calm down.…
Have you ever been scared? Of course you have, everyone has. The book “People Call me Crazy” was written by Gary Paulsen and it is about this boy who was scared of swimming in water. The book “Animal Distress Calls” was written by Eliot Schrefer and is about a girl that gets lost at the zoo. There is a point of freight for the main character in both stories.…