Ms. Staples really inspired me to start writing; I ended up writing a ton of small poems in my diary. To this day I still have them and it’s an absolute joy to go back and …show more content…
Writing was my outlet to talk about how I felt but it didn’t help me to get past it. It wasn 't until I purchased the book “Battlefield of the mind”, by Joyce Meyer. I had no idea what this book was going to be about or if I would like it. I just woke up one day and decided I should get a book because it might possibly help me to stop thinking about the death of my grandma. I walked past the section called “motivation” at Barnes and Noble and thought to myself “well maybe I should read a book about motivation so I can get motivated to do something.” “Battlefield of the mind”, it stuck out a lot to me! After picking it up and looking at the cover, I assumed it was going to be a book about trying to remove negativity from your mind. Of course it was somewhat related to that, but it also included many aspects of getting over hard times in your life. In my case, it was losing my grandma. I didn’t know what to do, what to think, or how to react, it was really hard for me because the only thing I could think about was the fact that I didn’t get to say goodbye. After reading “Battlefield of the Mind”, it not only helped me get past the death of my grandma, but it also helped me get past difficult time in my life; whether it was school related or outside of school. My junior year was filled with a lot of stress all from my grandma passing away, applying to college, working, going to dance, and still maintaining my grades. It all held a lot of stress on