Personal Narrative: The Good Life

I think in life we all look back and think to ourselves, did I do or say the right thing in that situation? I believe life is full of choices and everyone makes some mistakes, and that’s okay. We are all human and our lives won’t end simply because we screw up a few times. In life, many people are looking for happiness, power, money, and everything else in between. I am trying to improve myself every day, appreciate the little things, work through the hard times, and I believe that will allow me to have “the good life.” One of the ways I’m trying to improve myself is working my hardest. I might be late getting started but I am going to power through and whatever the task will be completed to the best I can do at that time. I’m trying to put others before me because it makes me feel like I’m being a better person. For me it is as simple as picking up the freshmen who can’t drive to school or unloading hay for an …show more content…
I have only heard this how many hundreds of times and have grown to accept it. I have had to deal with my own hardships such as having four sinus surgeries and getting infusions every three weeks. Some people look at that and say that’s terrible and I tell them no its not. There are people trying to beat cancer and other illnesses and losing that battle, that’s terrible. I will tell you though if everything is always good in your life, you won’t truly appreciate everything and in my book, you won’t have “the good life.” All in all, I believe having “the good life” is trying to improve yourself, appreciate the little things, and work through the tough times. If you aren’t trying to do any of these in some form or another, you aren’t truly living. “The good life” is what you make of it and everybody has their own thoughts but I believe that it is all about how you view things. So, try to view things in the best way possible. Finally, if you aren’t impacting other peoples’ lives how have you made your life