Heartbreaking Moment In America

I still remember that heartbreaking moment, when I had to leave the place where I grew up, and said goodbye to families and friends. It was two years ago when I came to America from Ethiopia during a winter time, and the weather was extremely cold. I was so depressed, frustrated, and felt deep loneliness. I lived in Michigan state for seven months where I knew nobody, although I had some Muslim neighbors. Being a lone and apart from my family was the saddest situation I have ever encountered in my entire life. I lived in a very old naked house with a few pieces of frayed furniture and malfunctioning appliances. I was broken heartened by the fact that life in America is not how I thought it was at all. What I thought was that people in America …show more content…
After a while of being a newly arrived immigrant in the country there comes the time when I had to find a job, and start taking care of myself like any other person who lives in America. My caseworker helped me to find a job, and I have got one which, I think was the most horrible thing I have ever seen. However, I did not like neither the job nor the place I lived in, so I told my caseworker to find a better one for me. I believe I was lucky to find another job in two weeks and in that job, I have met a nice girl who I became friends with later. After months of depression and homesickness, I felt like I am adjusting to my new life. Being an immigrant in America is a very hard and challenging situation, but how people respond to their challenges makes the difference, creates the strength, and determines …show more content…
After I came to Columbus, I felt much better as I was reunited with my family and friends who helped me a lot to go out of my depression and confusion. I have found a very good job and started doing better with my life adjustment. Later, I have got my driver’s license and bought a car, also started going to school. The more I got used to the environment the more comfortable I felt with my life, even though that homesickness feeling never faded away. I loved Columbus more than Michigan as I have friends and families who helped countlessly. It has never been easy to go through all those difficulties, but no matter what life will always continue. Despite of all the things I have been through I never lost hope, and kept trying to believe that tomorrow might be a better day. In fact, working hard and not giving up is how one can turn challenges in to chances. In conclusion, I have learned a lot and one of the most important things that I have learned is that nothing in this life is as it seems, and one can achieve success through willingness and giving all, it takes to succeed. With time, I have realized that changing my attitude towards life in America was one of the ways to get comfortable with my new life. I am happy with the simple life that I have built, and I am proud of myself for not giving up. There is always a reason behind the challenges that we go through in life,