Jump Steve Harvey Analysis

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"I'm going to share something with you that every successful person has to do, including you, believe it or not. Every successful person in this world has jumped. Eventually, you are going to have to jump. You cannot just exist in this life. You have got to try to live.” (Harvey). I was in my room at night while it was dark with the only light coming from my phone when I learned to take a chance with something. I was sitting behind a phone struggling to get things right in my head with someone who grew close to me. I was afraid what the outcome was going to be if I did what I wanted to do. I decided to go on the internet and while I was on the internet I came across a video titled “Jump” by Steve Harvey. It was Steve Harvey after Family Feud talking about how you have to take chances in …show more content…
I was still mad, I was heartbroken, and I was afraid. I was afraid I would hurt her again. I didn’t want to screw up again. It seemed like our relationship was getting better, but I still had questions. I was told that it is best to ask the question rather than bottling it all inside and not telling anyone. If there was something in the way then get it out of the way. I went on asking other questions. Every time I would asked I got an answer. Some of the questions hurt to know the answer and others made me feel better about all of this. Sometimes I felt that it was getting worse and other times I felt it was making things better. I eventually felt that I was being led on. I wasn’t always getting full answers to my questions. I never got an official yes or no. She told me she liked me and just didn’t want a relationship at the moment. I understood that and I could respect that. Sometimes we didn’t understand what we were saying to each other. I wanted to know if I should wait for her to make a choice. I decided to do what most people think would be rude and selfish. I decided to give up and move

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