Three Life Lessons

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You wake up and look outside of your window. What do you see? There are streets overfilling with cars, the sky filled with negative attitude and people with their head in the clouds.
You learn that people dislike waking up early in the morning. This makes you eager to become an adult. When you go outside you see new things. Your brain jumps up and down delighted to absorb new knowledge. You can’t dodge knowledge. I being 13 years of age have learned more than my brain can store. Throughout the years we all pick up a thing or two about lifes games. Life would be like a skateboard with no wheels. Wheels in both life and skateboards are essential things. After 13 years of life, the three life lessons that have shaped me into who I am today are
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A lot of life changing events have came into my life like a curveball, unexpected and unwanted. Out of all of these events my parents divorce impacted and impacts me the most. Although I was 4 at the time i still felt stuck in the middle. Seeing my parents fight and my sisters cry gave me a sense that something was off. Today this event affects me more today than it did when it actually happened. if my family wouldn't have taught me that everything happens more a reason I do not know how I would cope with the divorce if i didn't learn this lesson. We all have the cousin that if our favorite and is like our family best friend. My cousins name is Priscilla and we are the same age and the same grade. When my mom and I were registering for schools I knew 8th grade was going to be a though. I also acknowledge that if I went to school with someone that supports me it would be easier. When I told my cousin that I might go to the same school as her she was agitated. When we went to see if I got accepted to the school they told me that it was too full and I couldn't go. I was very devastated but then my aunty told me that everything happens for a reason. She helped me realize that maybe I was destined to go and make new friends. Not only did I learn from the actual life lesson but I learned from another person. Change is a really weird and chilling thing. if change is going to happen I always want it …show more content…
In my family only one person has gone to college. She being my sister has shown me that there are alot of opportunities in life. My sister goes to CU along with her boyfriend. Her boyfriend got a big scholarship called the Daniels Fund. The fund would cover for any college.He wanted to go to Stanford but didn't get accepted. He didn't let that get him down. Still to this day he always tries his hardest everyday. My mom is also a hard worker and has shown me alot. My mom always has a hard job looking for a job. She doesn't like to go from job to job but sometimes she has to. For my mom when she finds a job that she likes she goes for it but it doesn't always go her way. When she leaves a job she knows that there are still other opportunities left for her. When I was in my last school they gave a lot of opportunities for everyone. I knew that my mom would be happy if I joined a sport so I tried out for soccer. I tried my hardest and gave my all. When the list of people who got accepted was posted was ecstatic. When i checked i wasn't on the list i was a little disappointed but i accepted it. There were other sports that i could try out for anyway.Without a question, i know that everyone has or will go through a situation like mine but everyone needs to go into something believing that there are other

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