Thriving Through Adversity Growing up, as the oldest of three girls, I soon developed a sense of entitlement that, in the years to come, I would find did not suit me well. Fortified by the nurturing nature of my mother, I, being the strong willed, independent, and self righteous child I was, found that the ebb and flow needed in aiding the fresh wounds left by the separation of my parents was far less attainable than the easily reachable strategy, that I oftentimes fell back on, known as distancing myself from all that made me feel vulnerable.
Not having a strong father figure in my life has helped to shape me not only as a student, a writer, a daughter, or a sister, but a person. Most would view this situation negatively but I choose to …show more content…
Years of countless fights, pent up aggression, sleepless nights, tears shed, heartache, and smiles camouflaging pain have brought me to unfeigned enlightenment. ‘Family is everything. True love is undying. Forgiveness is freeing. Living, breathing, seeing is believing.’ These life lessons did not come without the scars to prove that I have braved the endless, boundless, unconstrained abyss that is existence.
Reaching this comfortable, unworried place in which I can reflect upon myself and the actions taken to help me reach this state of personal consciousness I found that through my life I have struggled, whether it be family situations, social conformities, or the most unsettling of all, internal conflict. But far more than any struggle I have been faced with I have been loved. I have been wrapped up in a blanket of all that is safe and beautiful in this world and and through this I have found …show more content…
This loving, nurturing, and understanding environment, filled with four incredible, influential woman, the first just as independent as the next, has taught me to fight with all I am for not only what I believe in, but for others. To stay determined despite the odds against me. To never break at the hands of adversity. To follow my gut even if it goes against the conformities of society. And to forgive and accept that not everything is going to go as planned but to not let the bends and unexpected turns in the road discourage you from living to your fullest
Not having a strong father figure in my life has helped to shape me not only as a student, a writer, a daughter, or a sister, but a person. Most would view this situation negatively but I choose to …show more content…
Years of countless fights, pent up aggression, sleepless nights, tears shed, heartache, and smiles camouflaging pain have brought me to unfeigned enlightenment. ‘Family is everything. True love is undying. Forgiveness is freeing. Living, breathing, seeing is believing.’ These life lessons did not come without the scars to prove that I have braved the endless, boundless, unconstrained abyss that is existence.
Reaching this comfortable, unworried place in which I can reflect upon myself and the actions taken to help me reach this state of personal consciousness I found that through my life I have struggled, whether it be family situations, social conformities, or the most unsettling of all, internal conflict. But far more than any struggle I have been faced with I have been loved. I have been wrapped up in a blanket of all that is safe and beautiful in this world and and through this I have found …show more content…
This loving, nurturing, and understanding environment, filled with four incredible, influential woman, the first just as independent as the next, has taught me to fight with all I am for not only what I believe in, but for others. To stay determined despite the odds against me. To never break at the hands of adversity. To follow my gut even if it goes against the conformities of society. And to forgive and accept that not everything is going to go as planned but to not let the bends and unexpected turns in the road discourage you from living to your fullest