The Worst Day of My Life Essay

again after again. My energy was completely drained from all the whipping. I looked over my shoulders; this was going to be the worst scar yet. As I was trying to focus on my loss of energy instead of the pain from my back, I was hit on the back of my head, it was the guard. The guard had a worn down brown shirt, a pair of black, solid horse shoes to kick us with and worst of all, a smirk on his face signalling anything but good. As I fell on my knees, he planted his boots on my back; I could…

In my life there have been multiple major events that have taken place that have impacted me. While they are not major to others or may not seem so substantial to them they strongly influenced the person I am now and how I grew up. The most influential event I can think of were my experiences in middle school. This is a brief story of my time there and my experience with nonstop bullying. In the start of middle school I was a good active kid trying to make the grade and make a few friends at…

The five greatest strengths shown to me by the Strengthsfinder Survey were Consistency, Belief, Responsibility, Developer, and Relator. I chose a life of Civil Service, in the Military and now as a Police Officer. Having Consistency and Responsibility I believe fit right into this life choice and in my opinion if you don't have Belief in what you're doing you shouldn’t be doing it in the first place. I utilize Consistency on a daily basis as a Police Officer. I wholeheartedly believe each…

completely turn your life around, for the better or for the worse. A true leader and religious sister, Mother Teresa, once said, “I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love” (Teresa 1). She…

from now on be known as one of the greatest accomplishments in my life. While in high school my mother always told me that dedication was the key to success. She explained to me that if I worked hard enough for the next three years my senior year would be nothing but smooth sailing. Well my 9th grade year started and I can tell you that I did not take my mother’s advice. Instead I missed a ton of school, and decided that chilling with my friends in the classroom was more fun. Sooner rather than…

with my mind not being set on a carrier, something common in resent graduates. By that time, my mom was working for a hospital; she thought it would be a good idea if I studied to become a Respiratory Therapist. Not a bad idea if one doesn’t mind dealing with the worst cases in the hospital; it’s a career that has great benefits, and a decent wage. Fast forward three semesters into my college years, and I was still not convinced if I truly wanted that type of career for the rest of my life, so I…

As I consider the results of my Seven Habits Profile, a number of things occur to me about not only my strengths and weaknesses, but my attitude, priorities, and general outlook on life. I realize that I may be more optimistic than I thought myself to be. I realize that I place people and relationships above tasks. And I recognize that I’m perhaps not as organized as I hoped I was. The intent, of course, in such an exercise is not only to diagnose the obvious within ourselves, but, through…

everything in my life has to be. I believe that all my “problems” stem from perfectionism. This behavior is important to change, solely because, the tiny details aren't important in the whole scheme of things. Caring too much about grades is probably one of the biggest things I struggle with under the “perfectionism umbrella.” I'm not even 100 percent sure why I do that to myself. I first started noticing the problem as early as middle school. My parents would always applaud me on my…

beyond my self. It should be as that is when a legend known as Michael Hart was brought into this world. Also, I may or may be a narcissist scum lord. I was born on what i consider a national holiday. My parents said this is the happiest and worst day in their life. Happiest because i'm their last child. Worst because i am very narcissist and like to stroke my own ego. My life has been very boring and im just trying to fill in words in this very sentence. This one time is was riding my bike…

It’s holocaust remembrance day and my best friends and I are burning flowers to honor the people who died in the concentration camps. One of my friends tells me that she brought extra flowers than the usual four to commemorate the ones who have died in the east from genocide too. I feel so bad for the families that have lost their loved ones to genocide that it makes me realize that genocide is the worst outcome of the war. This is because of the destruction it causes and the mental toll that it…