Everyone has been confronted with a stressful situation where the end consequence would be dire. I know I was under the guillotine when a swarm of Hornets ended up surrounding me and turned my world dark. Yet, I was not stung once.
It was a summer afternoon in Colorado when I had recalled a loud buzzing noise. Assuming it was simply the bees coming to pollinate the flowers, I continued on my merry way as to not disturb the bees. What I got instead was a pack of hornets that ended up surrounding me. Now, I was under a lot of stress at the moment. I was surrounded by hornets, it was hot, and I knew getting stung by one would be painful. But rather than panicking and flailing my arms wildly in a hopes that they would leave me be, I instead ended up standing still and controlled my breathing. I knew that if I had panicked I would have ended up with a lot of angry hornets on my trail, and more than a few sting marks. While I was standing still the Hornets ended up landing and walking around on me for a bit before they would take off. This lasted for a few seconds, a minute tops before the mass crowd ended up leaving. But I knew there would be stragglers trying to …show more content…
I remember the buzzing of my phone from my mom, telling me I must do well, the feeling of stress as assignments seem to stack more and more around me, the pre-buzzing of the teachers saying finals week was coming up. I passed my finals but not by working myself halfway to death every day. No, rather I stayed calm and worked on my finals, and not once did I panic about them. And because of this, I passed all my classes. This was the second time I had come under such a stressful situation and come out on time by simply staying calm, and I know that I can’t choose what happens to me or when it happens, but I can choose how to react and what the potential consequences would be from that
It was a summer afternoon in Colorado when I had recalled a loud buzzing noise. Assuming it was simply the bees coming to pollinate the flowers, I continued on my merry way as to not disturb the bees. What I got instead was a pack of hornets that ended up surrounding me. Now, I was under a lot of stress at the moment. I was surrounded by hornets, it was hot, and I knew getting stung by one would be painful. But rather than panicking and flailing my arms wildly in a hopes that they would leave me be, I instead ended up standing still and controlled my breathing. I knew that if I had panicked I would have ended up with a lot of angry hornets on my trail, and more than a few sting marks. While I was standing still the Hornets ended up landing and walking around on me for a bit before they would take off. This lasted for a few seconds, a minute tops before the mass crowd ended up leaving. But I knew there would be stragglers trying to …show more content…
I remember the buzzing of my phone from my mom, telling me I must do well, the feeling of stress as assignments seem to stack more and more around me, the pre-buzzing of the teachers saying finals week was coming up. I passed my finals but not by working myself halfway to death every day. No, rather I stayed calm and worked on my finals, and not once did I panic about them. And because of this, I passed all my classes. This was the second time I had come under such a stressful situation and come out on time by simply staying calm, and I know that I can’t choose what happens to me or when it happens, but I can choose how to react and what the potential consequences would be from that