Seton Hall University
When the Hurt Wasn’t Enough
Journey of Transformation Essay
Word Count: 1804
Class 1101-Section AF
December 4, 2014
Over time, I learned that bathroom tiles are the best to cry on because they are cold, a full tub of ice cream does not cure anything and sleeping does not make reality any easier. I also learned that finding the positive in every negative was important. Hurt helps a person’s journey move along only when they are also able to find the happiness after the pain and mistakes that they have made. Finding the happiness during and after the hurt in life makes any person better in their never ending journey because it allows a person to realize how to cope, how to reflect and make a situation better and how …show more content…
In the earlier part of my life I was taught that God does not give someone more than they can handle. At the time I did not understand what that meant. My life was full of playing in my childhood and I enjoyed it very much. The only motto I lived by was “Hakuna Matata” (The Lion King). In the movie The Lion King, even though Simba’s dad was killed off by his own uncle Scar he was able to have a positive outlook on life. Other than the fact that The Lion King was a children’s movie so it had to be uplifting, I found it powerful even at a young age that Simba was able to come back from his father’s death and not hold a grudge. Constantly being positive and being able to live by the words “Hakuna Matata” (The Lion King) is important in coping with any hurt that may have happened in a person’s life. At a young age I still understood only the basic part of this lesson, since I had no grudges to hold. Simba’s journey in The Lion King was one of pure …show more content…
It is important to thank God in your trials and turn burdens into blessings. I stopped living life on my knees while everyone hovered over me putting me down. I stopped thinking I was not worth love. Most importantly stopped thinking that there would never be any happiness in any situation. Without the hurt that I have endured I would have never grown from my mistakes. Now I realize that the hurt that I had gone through helped me. I realized that putting God and myself first allowed for me to have a clearer view. I cannot put other people first because it is impossible to please others all the time. I am a pleaser and I have to live with that but when others cannot even to begin to acknowledge that I have tried for them then that is where I distance myself. I in return became a happier person on my journey looking out for my own feelings and accepting myself for who I am. I am only able to accept myself through the grace of God.
My journey is still continuing to this day. My real smiles come out more than my fake, I can no longer stomach eating a full tub of ice cream, and I sleep a lot but only because I am tired. I found what makes me happy and a preoccupied my time with people who were worth spending time with. I have learned good ways to cope, how to reflect and make a situation better and how to realize the blessings in every situation. I am a living
When the Hurt Wasn’t Enough
Journey of Transformation Essay
Word Count: 1804
Class 1101-Section AF
December 4, 2014
Over time, I learned that bathroom tiles are the best to cry on because they are cold, a full tub of ice cream does not cure anything and sleeping does not make reality any easier. I also learned that finding the positive in every negative was important. Hurt helps a person’s journey move along only when they are also able to find the happiness after the pain and mistakes that they have made. Finding the happiness during and after the hurt in life makes any person better in their never ending journey because it allows a person to realize how to cope, how to reflect and make a situation better and how …show more content…
In the earlier part of my life I was taught that God does not give someone more than they can handle. At the time I did not understand what that meant. My life was full of playing in my childhood and I enjoyed it very much. The only motto I lived by was “Hakuna Matata” (The Lion King). In the movie The Lion King, even though Simba’s dad was killed off by his own uncle Scar he was able to have a positive outlook on life. Other than the fact that The Lion King was a children’s movie so it had to be uplifting, I found it powerful even at a young age that Simba was able to come back from his father’s death and not hold a grudge. Constantly being positive and being able to live by the words “Hakuna Matata” (The Lion King) is important in coping with any hurt that may have happened in a person’s life. At a young age I still understood only the basic part of this lesson, since I had no grudges to hold. Simba’s journey in The Lion King was one of pure …show more content…
It is important to thank God in your trials and turn burdens into blessings. I stopped living life on my knees while everyone hovered over me putting me down. I stopped thinking I was not worth love. Most importantly stopped thinking that there would never be any happiness in any situation. Without the hurt that I have endured I would have never grown from my mistakes. Now I realize that the hurt that I had gone through helped me. I realized that putting God and myself first allowed for me to have a clearer view. I cannot put other people first because it is impossible to please others all the time. I am a pleaser and I have to live with that but when others cannot even to begin to acknowledge that I have tried for them then that is where I distance myself. I in return became a happier person on my journey looking out for my own feelings and accepting myself for who I am. I am only able to accept myself through the grace of God.
My journey is still continuing to this day. My real smiles come out more than my fake, I can no longer stomach eating a full tub of ice cream, and I sleep a lot but only because I am tired. I found what makes me happy and a preoccupied my time with people who were worth spending time with. I have learned good ways to cope, how to reflect and make a situation better and how to realize the blessings in every situation. I am a living