Overcoming Obstacles That Changed My Life

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Obstacles are frequent in the life of human beings due to social, political, economic or perhaps even filial issues. I recount avoiding such obstacles and fearing them. Although I would flee from troubles, my liveliness was like paint on art and due to this, failures and disappointments annexed to me. Although they persisted, I learned that my numerous setbacks allowed me to to become a resilient and matured person. I would even state that I am now pleased that some of these setbacks occurred for these obstacles allowed me to develop as an individual and as a member of the western society.

One critical obstacle I remember was trying to fit in during the beginning of junior year. I was predominantly the youngest student in junior year. Being
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I was so infatuated with this idea, that I prided myself for forming it. I was popular among people for the first time during my high school journey but many people, who had known me before my sudden transition were mystified by my unusual changes. As the prosperous month passed, suddenly, rumors developed about my strangely repetitive behavior. As I would walk down the halls, I would hear whispers, like the sound of dead leaves blowing in the wind, all around me. People would often swerve away from my path in a fairly noticeable manner, which was disarming to me because this, as I interpreted, should not be happening because I was behaving like a social model. The individual I modeled myself after took notice of this and became a very cold person around me and would often cringe when i talked. Eventually, this individual, along with a team of “friends” I had ceased conversing with me altogether, and avoided my presence thenceforth. I was again an outcast, stripped from my prosperity like Rome from its pax romana. My morale decreased and along with it, my grades. I began to perform badly in class due to the uninvited stress and my control over my grades became

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