An Essay About Myself

Myself at Age 75 I am now 75. I am the person I am now because of the many happy times and the many tragedies that have shaped my life. My experiences and decisions have brought me to this exact point in my life and I could not be more happy. I have had countless adventures that have influenced my very view of the world. I have seen cultures, landscapes, and ways of life that have changed my view of humanity for the better. Recently, I made the decision to retire. I have been fortunate to…

Whenever I am asked to define myself I get caught up between the things that I am and the things I aspire to become. To me it was easy to define myself by the things I am passionate about, I would say a programmer or even a reader but to me those just don’t justify the special and complicated individuality of each and every single one of us. I’ve always been passionate about computer programming but I would rather be described as persistent, dedicated and patient. Because mainly those are the…

Like it or not you have a worldview. There are many people that will tell you, “Oh, I 'm open minded and I don’t like to tie my self down to one worldview.” That in and of itself is a worldview. As human beings it is impossible for us not to have a worldview. It is how we were created. We are created to think, but the problem seems to be that most people don’t want to use the brain God created. They just blindly walk around like sheep in a herd. We were not created to be robots that is why free…

Have you ever wondered how one might feel if they can’t see? Put yourself in Emily Dickinson's shoes. Even Though she is literally speaking about not being able to see, her poems might have a metaphorical message. In the first poem, she speaks about how we might get blinded by things in life or we might have a struggle and figure it out and overcome it. In the second poem, she wants to state the fact that her vision is fading and she doesn't appreciate the things she can't see. In this poem…

The author Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, "Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow". I believe this statement to be true. If you do not set new goals for yourself, and never attempt to achieve your goals, then you will not be able to grow as an individual. Attempting to master new things is crucial to going beyond your current state as a person because you shall never know what you are truly capable of if you do not test your boundaries.…

human being should not be based on numbers or on anything that falters. We are equivalent bodies on this earth set out to fulfill our own individual purposes. The realization of what our value is and who we are is what categorizes the human race. “To Myself” by W.S. Merwin depicts the life of a man who is of value to other people but has no self-worth. In that case, he analyzes himself in a way that makes who he thinks he is idle from what he is known to be. In order to convey this analyzation,…

When the semester started, I was terrified to take English due to my huge weakness in writing particularly a college paper. I started off evaluating myself as a weak writer, which I still am but with more knowledge now than where I stared at the beginning. I have learned to embrace the new writing techniques by familiarizing myself with my professor teaching methods. Coming from someone that thought they could not write a paper at all. Even though it’s been difficult, I still believe that I have…

share my same beliefs was a difficult task, such as at the gym. I began powerlifting in the fall of my freshman year and it has significantly shaped who I’ve become, but not without experiencing hardship. Being sore wasn’t my only issue, for finding myself within a diverse group was quite possibly the hardest task. The essence of being a part of a community of individuals was a valuable tool when on the road to success. I began to experience a richer understanding of what it means to be a…

Writers such as Walt Whitman and Ralph Waldo Emerson both emphasized nature in their late transcendentalist writing, influenced by romanticism and in reaction to rationalism. In Walt Whitman’s Song of Myself, he declares his love for nature. Nature contains patterns which fit like a puzzle. Other authors have used these patterns as the foundation for their own works of art. Van Gogh focused on a beautiful starry night. Claude Monet was a renowned french…

Sometimes, I confused about myself and thinking about what if I am not the one who can succeed in this field and I am just wasting my time. But I found numbers of method to motivate myself and it helped me to be persistent until I reach my aim. When you fell cannot do anymore because it is too hard to finish or endure, you should how much time…