I believe in determination.
When I was younger, I only cared about one thing; action figures. They couldn’t be beat. Although, whenever I see them now or pass them in a store I think about them a little differently. They remind me of the time I learned the skill of determination.
As a child, I had a speech problem when it came to my ‘r’s. I couldn’t say words like door or orange properly. For example, door would come out as ‘doe.’ If you consider each movement of your mouth and tongue while saying the letter ‘r’, it’s actually a difficult vocal process, for a child anyway. So, while my mom thought it was cute that I couldn’t say them correctly; my dad saw it as a real, but fixable, issue. I couldn’t have cared less at the time, but he quickly …show more content…
We broke each word down into steps and learned them individually. We then reassembled the letters and sped up the process until it made sense. Slowly but surely, after weeks of practice that felt like years, the problem was solved. With ease ‘r’s were easy to pronounce! Next came one of the greatest moments of my childhood, I tore into those action figures like it was Christmas morning. My dad, of course deemed the whole issue to my laziness, but was content that the issue was handled.
To this day that story and idea are stuck with me. While there may not always be a row of presents in front of me in my life as a reward, being determined and accomplishing goals is a reward in itself. At this age I didn’t know if I would ever see those weeks of practice as more than wasted time and a temporary lack of toys, but I now see that they were much more than that and I’m even thankful for them.
Determination can be considered what the world runs on. If no one had any determination to find new and better ways to do things the world around us might still resemble the Medieval Ages. So, in conclusion, I now always remind myself to stay determined, power through when things get hard, and remind myself that hard work pays
When I was younger, I only cared about one thing; action figures. They couldn’t be beat. Although, whenever I see them now or pass them in a store I think about them a little differently. They remind me of the time I learned the skill of determination.
As a child, I had a speech problem when it came to my ‘r’s. I couldn’t say words like door or orange properly. For example, door would come out as ‘doe.’ If you consider each movement of your mouth and tongue while saying the letter ‘r’, it’s actually a difficult vocal process, for a child anyway. So, while my mom thought it was cute that I couldn’t say them correctly; my dad saw it as a real, but fixable, issue. I couldn’t have cared less at the time, but he quickly …show more content…
We broke each word down into steps and learned them individually. We then reassembled the letters and sped up the process until it made sense. Slowly but surely, after weeks of practice that felt like years, the problem was solved. With ease ‘r’s were easy to pronounce! Next came one of the greatest moments of my childhood, I tore into those action figures like it was Christmas morning. My dad, of course deemed the whole issue to my laziness, but was content that the issue was handled.
To this day that story and idea are stuck with me. While there may not always be a row of presents in front of me in my life as a reward, being determined and accomplishing goals is a reward in itself. At this age I didn’t know if I would ever see those weeks of practice as more than wasted time and a temporary lack of toys, but I now see that they were much more than that and I’m even thankful for them.
Determination can be considered what the world runs on. If no one had any determination to find new and better ways to do things the world around us might still resemble the Medieval Ages. So, in conclusion, I now always remind myself to stay determined, power through when things get hard, and remind myself that hard work pays