I am fascinated by the philosophy of human nature and the effects of an environment on human identity.I believe strongly that human understanding is the only way to survive, without understanding there would be no moving forward. As a kid I was raised in a rough environment, I had curly black hair and dark brown eyes yet my skin was pale like snow so I didn't really fit into any specific normality. I would smile at every function and ignore my unfortunate reality, see in my home curse words were used more than “I love you’s”, patience was never a virtue, self hate was the …show more content…
If I could smell the alcohol invading my senses as I opened the door, I knew that the words coming would break me, unlike the sticks and stones that I was warned about. I would always say I understood, because I knew people had their days, and their moments. What I didn't understand was that this wasn’t an everyday thing, nobody hits you everyday, whether it be mental blow or physical one. I didn’t understand that, but God did I try. As I grew up I wondered why so many people carry the basic trend of hate yet constantly preach about love. I realized that you can never love anyone until you learn to love yourself. Whenever I look back at that I believe that without my past, and my story, I wouldn’t be who I am, I think that a person's past shapes them and I want to expand my understanding of why things happen and why they are. I want to change our reality, I want to help people understand the truth behind what we see and I want to make each of our own individual truths known. I believe that my mindset will help me in the future so that way I can make a difference in someone else's life. When I am done with school I want to become a lawyer, I want