Narrative Essay On Faith And Beliefs

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From the time I was born, I was raised in a Christian home, we went to church every Sunday morning. We all ate dinner at and table together as a family and prayed before we ate. I did not fully understand the concept of my faith when I was a child. I knew there was a heaven where God was, and then there was hell where the devil resided. The good people went to heaven when they died and the bad when to hell. As I got older I understood my faith and beliefs a little more, and I did my best to be a good and honest person. My faith and beliefs did get shaken when I got older; my parents started fighting more and more every day. I sat in my room and prayed to go to help my parent find peace, but I did not get prayer answered the way I wanted it …show more content…
Firsts of course is my parents getting divorced and remarried and divorced. Then my mom going to prison when I was in 8th grade, which the start of my high school life I go picked on for two years. During those two years I did go through a depression phase, it was after I started working out and getting big that the bullying stop. However, my senior year of high school my best friend killed himself, which then brought back the depression. After a couple of years my mom was realized from prison, and we were getting along. We had some minor issues when she was released, but nothing to bad then my grandpa who was like a father to me got cancer and died few months …show more content…
For example there was a day where my car wasn’t working, I had tennis match, and I had a dinner date had to get to. Instead of getting upset and crying about all the bad luck I sat and thought what is the first thing I need to solve and slowly work my way down to solve all my problems. I think being a logical thinker is one of my top strengths, because I don’t get all emotional about things I am able to solve my problem and then if I want to get emotional about it then I can. My second strength is my will to help people. I know a lot about fitness, and instead of keeping my knowledge and experience to myself, I give advice to anyone that ask or that I see could use some help. I do not know everything and I am not afraid to ask question so that I can pass on the knowledge that I have gained from someone else or gained from experience. In this world I would truly love to see everyone exercising and eating

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