Bronze Cross Accomplishment

In my life the most meaningful accomplishment is when i finished my Bronze cross. The Bronze Cross is a certification in water rescue that is apart of the lifesaving training offered in Canada, and awarded by the Royal Life Saving Society of Canada. Finishing my Bronze cross is such a big achievement in my life because throughout my life i've felt that i have been told that i'm a bad swimmer. Ever since I was a kid i was never comfortable in the water and I was always a bit afraid so my parents put me in swimming class. I went to my swimming class for multiple years and i hated it because i wasn't the best. Then about 6 years ago i quit because i joined guitar, taekwondo and a lot of other classes. After that i felt that i never needed to finish my swimming because you won't need it in the future but my mother always wanted me to become a lifeguard because she doesn't know how to swim. I personally think she just wanted me to become a lifeguard so i get comfortable swimming and teach her. About 1 year ago my mom somehow convinced me to try to go back and start swimming. It was hard for me to overcome the fear of …show more content…
I think that this is my most important accomplishment because i got to prove a lot of people wrong by completing by bronze cross. This had impacted my life in multiple ways but i think that it has helped me overcome my fear of water. When i was young we went swimming at the beach with my family and when my dad brought me to the deep end and made me swim with my older cousins i had gotten tired and went underwater and i got pulled by the current and one of my cousins noticed and grab on to me. I always thought that that incident had traumatized me and after that day i was so scared of entering the water again. I have learned that if you try your hardest and persevere you can accomplish anything in