Being born and brought up in London, England, my life has been very different. From the very beginning I knew what I wanted out of life, the only thing I didn 't know was when or where this was going to happen. In London, me and my brother attended a private school, and were not really involved in much. Despite the fact that we were born into a Sikh family, we never really understood what it meant to be one. All we were focused on was studying and getting a good education. Education was the only thing that was important to us, we never knew there was so much more to life than just educational. Everyone around us also lived a busy life, we all had the same routine everyday. We would go to school, come back home, do homework, study, eat dinner, shower, and go to sleep, while our parents would go to work. On the weekend we consisted of going to family dinners and weddings. However, this all changed the summer of 2011, when I made a trip to Selma, California to meet some family and attend a meditation camp. The people here were so different, they …show more content…
From the very beginning I knew what I wanted out of life, the only thing I didn 't know was when or where this was going to happen. In London, me and my brother attended a private school, and were not really involved in much. Despite the fact that we were born into a Sikh family, we never really understood what it meant to be one. All we were focused on was studying and getting a good education. Education was the only thing that was important to us, we never knew there was so much more to life than just educational. Everyone around us also lived a busy life, and we all had the same routine everyday. We would go to school, come back home, do homework, study, eat dinner, shower, and go to sleep, while our parents would go to work. On the weekend we consisted of going to family dinners and