Have you ever stopped caring so much that whatever happens, happens? I remember the time I had gotten in trouble by my mom because I had walked home from school. It was a gloomy day from it being so cloudy and cold. I was talked into walking home during school by friends whom, at the time didn't care about school as much as I did, cared nothing of school. I didn’t like it, but then again I started not to care either.…
Not me I chose Tyler, Tx and the stress of taking care of my mom, sister and helping with my 15 month old nephew. When you're nineteen years old and have all this responsibility to make money, go to school full time and still try to live a young adult life is unfortunate. How would you like it if one day your life got turned upside down by one decision you made, or you felt you were forced to make ? I had the difficult decision of coming to Tyler, Tx with my mom or going to Issaquah, WA with my dad. Having to chose between two parents and two different lives is a giant stress ball with no relief.…
There are approximately 397,000 children in foster care in the United States of America currently and I used to be one of them. However, foster had not even been near the forefront of my mind that summer. The summer before I started my first year of high school, I had plenty of anxiety about the tall tale I invented in my own mind that stood before me. Stories about how hard high school were numerous and often regaled on the crowded bus ride home by high schoolers who seemed to have the knowledge of every wise teacher in history combined. which that scared me to death; I had always held my position as a good student who followed the rules of my middle school.…
Barriers and adversity are two things that shape people and their lifestyles. Like any other person, I’ve had my fair share of problems. However, my biggest burden has been the fact that no matter how much my father wishes to be in my life, he can’t. On May 25, 1995, my father was imprisoned in Mexico. I’ve only heard his voice in phone calls and seen him in pictures.…
People believe in many sources. It could be a religious source or a magical source. I believe that there is one, true person who listens to me in my time of need. But, that was not always the case for me. There was a time where I needed help and it was not given to me.…
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.…
Death. One of the most powerful five letter words in the entire English language. This one little word can cause even the most physically and emotionally strong people to tremble at the sound of it. But why? It is because the word death means an end to life, existence, and everything that we know.…
How I overcame my Obstacles An extraordinary scientist by the name of Dr. (APJ) Abdul Kalam once said, “When we tackle obstacles, we find hidden reserves of courage and resilience we did not know we had. And it is only when we are faced with failure do we realize that these resources were always there within us. We only need to find them and move on with our lives.”…
The last few years of my life have been challenging and the challenges I have overcome have taught me how to look at obtacles in a differnet way. When I thounk about my challenges in the past few years, my mind instantly goes back to my grandma passing away last summer. This is something I am still struggling with; my grandma was more than a grandma, she was one of my best friends and she was always pushing me to be my best. Last school year I was struggling, I had very little motivation and my grades were lower than they had ever been. I knew that I had to change something, at this point in time my grandma had been gone for no more than 2 months.…
I feel the wind pushing my feet under and I suddenly have this overwhelming feeling of adrenalin and I am suddenly afraid for my life then I realize I have suddenly been face with my ultimate fear. A few years ago I had suddenly become epileptic and had hit the ground having a seizer in the process of falling I had hit my head and got a concussion and was in and out of the hospital trying to figure out what was wrong with me.…
In life, people face many changes that impact their life in a different pathways. It can give you experiences and some of those experiences might not affect you so much but some of them can change your life very much that you could never thought of. Many changes that we observe regularly is people getting married, getting in an accident or losing someone who was very important to you. Just like that there were an event that changed my life completely was moving to USA. It was something that I was always dreaming about but never thought it will come true.…
I have been beyond lucky to have a comfortable life. More than comfortable actually, I have been able to do and experience things most adults have not done. I have traveled to Japan, England, Scotland, been on four cruises to Cozumel, Grand Cayman, St. John/ St. Thomas, Tortola, Nassau, and the list goes on and on. I have owned a horse, taken riding lessons, dance lessons, I ski every year, my car was a gift to me, and I don’t really have bills I have to pay myself.…
We face many obstacles in life each day, and we struggle to overcome them to the best of our ability. For me, this has become my daily routine. Ever since I was in grade four, I had faced numerous challenges at school, causing me to grapple with myself almost every single day. Up until now as a typical teenager, I still struggle with myself in society and at school. Through the struggles that I have gone through in my life, I have learned that I am indecisive and that I am easily influenced by others.…
May 27, 2010, my parents made a decision that changed my life. I remember when I went home with my good final grade after my elementary graduation party. I was singing a song when I entered my house and I look across the glass wine racks saw my mom watching TV on the sofa. “ Dong, Dong, Dong” I run next to her with marble noisy and tried to tell her I got in the top five for my final grade, but she asked me a question before I got a chance to boast, “Do you want to go to America?” America is both strange and familiar for me.…
So the one thing in my life that i can truly say was life changing for me was meeting one person in particular this person who we will refer to only as person from now on was a huge part of my life for a long time not only being the only person that i felt i could really talk to and communicate my feelings with this person was the one and only person that i ever felt comfortable around sitting talking or just sitting around and being stupid this was the only person that i could really be around and truly be myself. This person was important to me and life changing to me because this person taught me to be open in a time in my life when it was really hard for me to be open and i didn’t really know how to make many friend i can tell you this…