Head On
How does an individual face adversity? People differ in their ways. Some give in and quit. They quit before they begin because they're afraid of what might happen if they fail. Though there are also those who stand up and fight. They finish what they start, they keep going, keep pushing, until their destination is reached. There are many demonstrations of this in films and stories. People with wills of steel who make it out and get their "happy ending." Writers portray this in poems, books, stories, and even sometimes in their own lives. Theodore Roosevelt's The Man in the Arena, Langston Hughes' Mother to Son, and William Henley's Invictus are all evidence of how an individual faces adiversity. "The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and …show more content…
"Life for me ain't been no crystal stair. It had tacks in it, and splinters, and boards torn up, and places with no carpet on the floor -- bare. But all the time I'se been a-climbin' on, and reachin' landin's, and turnin' corners, and sometimes goin' in the dark where there ain't been no light. So boy, don't you turn your back." She doesn't want her son to give up. She's had hard times. So will he. She made it through. He will too, if he keeps climbing. Getting bloodied, broken, dirty, torn. It's all part of this journey. But eventually you make it through. Eventually, you get that nice smooth part where most everything is alright and the light is on so you can see and take it all in. Look how far you've come. That the reward for going in strong, and staying strong even past the end of it, so you're ready when another one comes along. Another challenge for you to conquer. Head
How does an individual face adversity? People differ in their ways. Some give in and quit. They quit before they begin because they're afraid of what might happen if they fail. Though there are also those who stand up and fight. They finish what they start, they keep going, keep pushing, until their destination is reached. There are many demonstrations of this in films and stories. People with wills of steel who make it out and get their "happy ending." Writers portray this in poems, books, stories, and even sometimes in their own lives. Theodore Roosevelt's The Man in the Arena, Langston Hughes' Mother to Son, and William Henley's Invictus are all evidence of how an individual faces adiversity. "The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and …show more content…
"Life for me ain't been no crystal stair. It had tacks in it, and splinters, and boards torn up, and places with no carpet on the floor -- bare. But all the time I'se been a-climbin' on, and reachin' landin's, and turnin' corners, and sometimes goin' in the dark where there ain't been no light. So boy, don't you turn your back." She doesn't want her son to give up. She's had hard times. So will he. She made it through. He will too, if he keeps climbing. Getting bloodied, broken, dirty, torn. It's all part of this journey. But eventually you make it through. Eventually, you get that nice smooth part where most everything is alright and the light is on so you can see and take it all in. Look how far you've come. That the reward for going in strong, and staying strong even past the end of it, so you're ready when another one comes along. Another challenge for you to conquer. Head