It was on a sunny day in June, the summer before my freshman year. It seemed as if it was just going to be a normal summer day; maybe go swimming with some friends or go to the movies. That idea changed when my mother told me we were going to visit my grandmother in Shawnee, Kansas. I remember that day very clearly; like it was just yesterday. I can remember arriving at her house, being greeted by her at-home nurse who had an unusual smile for caring for a person that is dying, but I guess that was just her job. I remember going into her room even more clearly and I still think about it often. I remember seeing her laying on her bed with her eyes closed,struggling to move, struggling to breathe, and not even being able to respond to my statements
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Not seeing her positive and giddy absolutely destroyed me. I felt like the world was crashing down on top of my shoulders and I couldn’t hold it up anymore. I told her I loved her for the last time and I went out of her room and into the bathroom. I locked the door and stayed in there for what seemed like hours. The bathroom in my grandma’s house felt like my sanctuary; I felt like the locked door would shut everything out and I wouldn’t have to deal with the fact that one of my closest family members was dying just a few rooms down the hall. I didn’t have any idea this day would teach me an important lesson about life when I was in that bathroom crying, but through all the sadness and hurt that I was feeling that day, it changed my perspective on life. I realized that life wasn’t going to be an easy path. I realized that the world wasn’t a happy or kind place and that I would have to learn to deal with whatever life threw at me. I realized there were going to be many more bumps in the road, even worse than the one I had just endured; but I knew that more lessons would come from them and I would learn even more things about myself the more bumps that I came …show more content…
College is in the immediate future, just about a year away. Although I have a plan set in place I still worry about my future. The future is scary and I seem to ponder about my future a lot. What if college doesn’t work out? What if I don’t get a well-paying job and I can’t support my family? Even though I question it sometimes; I have a good head on my shoulders and know everything won’t be handed to me in college and when I join the workforce. I know that I need to work hard and keep my priorities in check if I want to do well in life. Knowing this is one of the lessons that sprouted from the one I learned from the death of my grandmother. Greek Philosopher, Plato, in his Allegory of the Cave, writes, “Like to us, I said. For, to begin with, tell me do you think that these men would have seen anything of themselves or of one another except the shadows cast from the fire on the wall of the cave that fronted them?” In his writing, a character, Glaucon, responds by asking, “How could they, he said, if they were compelled to hold their heads unmoved through life?” This series of dialogue illustrates my transition from thinking everything will be handed to me my entire life, to realizing I will have to work extremely hard to get what I want out of life.. Before I went through that very tough time when my grandmother passed; I
Not seeing her positive and giddy absolutely destroyed me. I felt like the world was crashing down on top of my shoulders and I couldn’t hold it up anymore. I told her I loved her for the last time and I went out of her room and into the bathroom. I locked the door and stayed in there for what seemed like hours. The bathroom in my grandma’s house felt like my sanctuary; I felt like the locked door would shut everything out and I wouldn’t have to deal with the fact that one of my closest family members was dying just a few rooms down the hall. I didn’t have any idea this day would teach me an important lesson about life when I was in that bathroom crying, but through all the sadness and hurt that I was feeling that day, it changed my perspective on life. I realized that life wasn’t going to be an easy path. I realized that the world wasn’t a happy or kind place and that I would have to learn to deal with whatever life threw at me. I realized there were going to be many more bumps in the road, even worse than the one I had just endured; but I knew that more lessons would come from them and I would learn even more things about myself the more bumps that I came …show more content…
College is in the immediate future, just about a year away. Although I have a plan set in place I still worry about my future. The future is scary and I seem to ponder about my future a lot. What if college doesn’t work out? What if I don’t get a well-paying job and I can’t support my family? Even though I question it sometimes; I have a good head on my shoulders and know everything won’t be handed to me in college and when I join the workforce. I know that I need to work hard and keep my priorities in check if I want to do well in life. Knowing this is one of the lessons that sprouted from the one I learned from the death of my grandmother. Greek Philosopher, Plato, in his Allegory of the Cave, writes, “Like to us, I said. For, to begin with, tell me do you think that these men would have seen anything of themselves or of one another except the shadows cast from the fire on the wall of the cave that fronted them?” In his writing, a character, Glaucon, responds by asking, “How could they, he said, if they were compelled to hold their heads unmoved through life?” This series of dialogue illustrates my transition from thinking everything will be handed to me my entire life, to realizing I will have to work extremely hard to get what I want out of life.. Before I went through that very tough time when my grandmother passed; I