A Person Who Influenced Me Research Paper

Every day, we are influenced by something or someone that has a lasting effect on our lives. Some people are influenced by their teachers, others by family members. It can be anyone who has made an influential impact in some way in your life. There have been many people in my life who have great significance in the molding of my view of life in a positive manner. To me my mother is the most important person in my life, growing up as a single mother. She raised me to be a successful, responsible, and independent woman that I am today. Since a very young age, my mom has been instilling lessons in life that I apply today. I remember when I was kid she would tell me little things that I still quote today such as “if you have a passion you will find a way.” The first time she said that was when I was playing volleyball in my 7th grade, and I loved what I was doing, but I did not love my coach, I contemplated quitting, and before I made my final decision she told me that. Needless to say, I stayed on my team and learned what making sacrifices was all about to be successful. …show more content…
One day when my mom saw how bad I was struggling she sat me down and told me, “life is not always going to wait for when you are ready, it does not slow down for you, it does not wait for you, you simply have to get up get ready and get on the move to keep up with where you want to be. If not opportunities are going to fly by and you will miss them all together.” I am not going to say that the next day I changed my life, but I am going to say it was another tool she gave me that I placed under my belt to become the women I am today. She not only showed me how to be responsible for working two jobs, but she consistently gave me words of wisdom to push me in the direction I needed to go