Personal Narrative: One Amazing Thing

The word thrive can be represented in different ways from person to person. However, according to its definition: to thrive means to grow or to develop well, which is often associated with the physical growing of a plant or animal. Nature can thrive even after a horrible fire and rebuild what was once destroyed. This is a more obvious example of what it could mean to “thrive”. More importantly though, the word can have many more implications than just growing physically. For humans especially, thriving could regard growing mentally and continuing to learn. While reading One Amazing Thing, I noticed many of the characters beginning to thrive as they listened and told each other stories. As they waited to be rescued, they all learned things about each other and perhaps learned that judging each other was not the right thing to do. A thriving character I can relate to is Mrs. Pritchett. She attempted suicide …show more content…
It can be hard to get up in the morning and to go to school. I am constantly afraid of letting my parents down or failing them. Sometimes, I honestly do feel that I fail them, and due to that fear my days are a vicious cycle of trying to get by without having a mental breakdown. Thriving is just continuing to breathe another day and working towards a goal, even if it means swimming through a pool of impossible expectations from my mother. The things that help me thrive are: my creativity, my passion for science and the constant support of my boyfriend. Cosplay, painting and drawing also proves to be a healthy outlet for me. My love for forensic science makes it worth going to school and push through stress of assignments. Unfortunately though, I cannot truly thrive until I break away from my mother. I feel as though I won’t truly be happy until I can live life and to not let her impossible expectations bring me