Writing has always been an outlet for me. Growing up, I always found it difficult to express how I felt; I would always hold it, until I got into the first grade, and I was introduced to poetry. I feel in love! My teacher’s assistant Ms. Staples really changed my outlook on writing and made an impact on my life. She started off by showing me her personal work. The one I won’t forget was titled “My heart, soul, and tears.” Being the age that I was, I didn’t understand it that well, I just remembered it being about a few hard times in her life, like the time she was shot.
Ms. Staples really inspired me to start writing; I ended up writing a ton of small poems in my diary. To this day I still have them and it’s an absolute joy to go back and …show more content…
Writing was my outlet to talk about how I felt but it didn’t help me to get past it. It wasn 't until I purchased the book “Battlefield of the mind”, by Joyce Meyer. I had no idea what this book was going to be about or if I would like it. I just woke up one day and decided I should get a book because it might possibly help me to stop thinking about the death of my grandma. I walked past the section called “motivation” at Barnes and Noble and thought to myself “well maybe I should read a book about motivation so I can get motivated to do something.” “Battlefield of the mind”, it stuck out a lot to me! After picking it up and looking at the cover, I assumed it was going to be a book about trying to remove negativity from your mind. Of course it was somewhat related to that, but it also included many aspects of getting over hard times in your life. In my case, it was losing my grandma. I didn’t know what to do, what to think, or how to react, it was really hard for me because the only thing I could think about was the fact that I didn’t get to say goodbye. After reading “Battlefield of the Mind”, it not only helped me get past the death of my grandma, but it also helped me get past difficult time in my life; whether it was school related or outside of school. My junior year was filled with a lot of stress all from my grandma passing away, applying to college, working, going to dance, and still maintaining my grades. It all held a lot of stress on
Ms. Staples really inspired me to start writing; I ended up writing a ton of small poems in my diary. To this day I still have them and it’s an absolute joy to go back and …show more content…
Writing was my outlet to talk about how I felt but it didn’t help me to get past it. It wasn 't until I purchased the book “Battlefield of the mind”, by Joyce Meyer. I had no idea what this book was going to be about or if I would like it. I just woke up one day and decided I should get a book because it might possibly help me to stop thinking about the death of my grandma. I walked past the section called “motivation” at Barnes and Noble and thought to myself “well maybe I should read a book about motivation so I can get motivated to do something.” “Battlefield of the mind”, it stuck out a lot to me! After picking it up and looking at the cover, I assumed it was going to be a book about trying to remove negativity from your mind. Of course it was somewhat related to that, but it also included many aspects of getting over hard times in your life. In my case, it was losing my grandma. I didn’t know what to do, what to think, or how to react, it was really hard for me because the only thing I could think about was the fact that I didn’t get to say goodbye. After reading “Battlefield of the Mind”, it not only helped me get past the death of my grandma, but it also helped me get past difficult time in my life; whether it was school related or outside of school. My junior year was filled with a lot of stress all from my grandma passing away, applying to college, working, going to dance, and still maintaining my grades. It all held a lot of stress on