My heart was ready to beat its way out of my chest. I did not know what to do, or think. I just knew that the next few words would change my life forever. Then the Judge spoke, “Mr. Dailey, you are not to contact or go within 250 feet of your wife or son. Do you understand?” we had won. Never have I been more dumbfounded. All I could do was stare forward, motionless, until my Mom came up to hug me longer and stronger than ever. When reality struck, I strongly embraced her until my Father was escorted out of the court.
The trials, both literal and figurative that we endured while removing the parasite from our lives, were something I would not wish on my worst enemy. The strangest part of the ordeal was my one-on-one time with the Judge. It …show more content…
Once I was free from the unwavering black hole of depravity, I could be whoever I wanted to be. The once confined boy transformed into a confident young adult. Feeling comfortable outside of the minuscule world I had locked myself inside, I grew into a person who lives life to the fullest. Even more crucial though, is the effect the excision has had on my willpower and motivation in life. Instead of putting off work for later, I learned how to manage my time and keep myself from getting distracted, and my projects became something I enjoyed creating and loved presenting.
Then, as if life could not get any stranger, I hit a goldmine of irony. Right after the event that broke me apart and put me back together as a whole new person, we read ‘The Crucible’ in English. While reading the novel, Reverend Hale especially caught my attention. The intense duality between his devotion for God and his desire to save innocent lives broke him apart, then put him back together as a man who defied the church in the effort to save innocent life. After reading the novel, I realized I had just surpassed a crucible of my
The trials, both literal and figurative that we endured while removing the parasite from our lives, were something I would not wish on my worst enemy. The strangest part of the ordeal was my one-on-one time with the Judge. It …show more content…
Once I was free from the unwavering black hole of depravity, I could be whoever I wanted to be. The once confined boy transformed into a confident young adult. Feeling comfortable outside of the minuscule world I had locked myself inside, I grew into a person who lives life to the fullest. Even more crucial though, is the effect the excision has had on my willpower and motivation in life. Instead of putting off work for later, I learned how to manage my time and keep myself from getting distracted, and my projects became something I enjoyed creating and loved presenting.
Then, as if life could not get any stranger, I hit a goldmine of irony. Right after the event that broke me apart and put me back together as a whole new person, we read ‘The Crucible’ in English. While reading the novel, Reverend Hale especially caught my attention. The intense duality between his devotion for God and his desire to save innocent lives broke him apart, then put him back together as a man who defied the church in the effort to save innocent life. After reading the novel, I realized I had just surpassed a crucible of my