My Life

generation. Life is full of unique moments; that can only be experienced once in life. Our busy lives they just pass by, and never come back. To learn how not to miss such moments we need to become practical and make decisions very quickly, we need to be open minded and be ready to improvise as the event occurs. This is how a few days ago I lived an experience that aside from being unforgettable, was shocking because I had never experienced anything like this before in my life. My days at my…

the world’s most pure and beautiful creations. Normally, I admire nature, but do not focus on it. Nature is always there. In my practice, I spent thirty minutes at Norris Reservation trail and took photographs. I learned about myself and about taking care of the world around us. The practice helped me in increasing my reverence of nature, which helped me examine parts of my life better and be able to realize new things about myself. Normally, nature is something I admire everyday, however, I…

moments nonnormative life events. Normative life events “are unusual occurrences that have a major impact on the individual’s life” (Santrock, 2013, p. 5). For me, I remembered my own nonnormative life event like it was yesterday. 5 years ago, my grandmother passed away without a notice. I was 16 at the time when I first heard the tragic news about my grandmother. I remembered my uncle called my mom and told her that my grandma had been hospitalized in critical condition. My grandmother had a…

Ilechukwu INT-211A Reflection Paper. Session 1 Journal. Life for me has been a blend of good seasons and not-too-good seasons; and as it is expected, they come and go. But the interesting thing is that they leave behind lessons and wisdom to be gleaned if my mind is sensitive. I will say that, I am a product of the lessons I have learnt from my own life’s experiences, be they good or bad, or resulting from unwise decisions or sheer ignorance of mine. At the start of one of such experiences,…

inescapable fact of life for every single person on the planet. There is not, nor will there ever be, anyone who has never suffered the loss of someone or something they love. I firmly believe, through personal experience, that loss is a crucial part in one’s personal growth. Though in the moment, it may seem like the world is crashing down, but in reality, new doors are opening, and change is made for the better, if one is simply willing to push through. In June of 2012, my life was turned…

I learned to appreciate my life through the death of my late uncle. I realized the true meaning of life is to love it to its fullest and to get out of my comfort zone. Life is taught to be a journey a person has to go through. Mostly, life has followed my course of direction, such as overcoming obstacles. But, I was too stubborn to think that life is unpredictable and uncontrollable. As if I had known a day of November was the day I had known that life had taken another direction where I…

are a part of life. How you handle hardships, can permit you to overcome or give up. I have had a number of hardships in my life. The one hardship that brought about a time of change and transitioning, in my life, is when I found myself 16 and pregnant. This paper will follow my struggles and successes and how becoming a mother at the age of 16 has forever shaped my life. In the summer of 1996, spending time with my boyfriend and hanging with friends were the highlights of my life.…

shade. My entire body seemed to burning. My shaking hands lifted my aching body from the dirt. My skin was no longer this pale color, but instead was as red as a lobster. There was also dirt covering every part of my body. How it got up my pants? I have no clue, but it was rubbing my skin the wrong way. My eyes traveled to the two large bite marks on my right arm, and my left leg. The blood had congealed, but the dirt was creating this yellow tint around the marks. I tear off the sleeves of my…

From darkness into His marvelous light – (My conversion experience) I am the first born in a strong Buddhist family in Sri Lanka. My grandfather was a Buddhist Priest and I thought Buddhism was the best religion in the world. From very young age of my life I wanted to become a medical doctor, and I prayed every day in front of Buddha’s statue asking him to make me a doctor. I also studied very hard to achieve this goal. I heard about Jesus when I was in the university, but I never wanted to…

In my life there will always be obstacles; it is just a matter of when, how life altering they are, and the attitude I respond with. I faced my biggest obstacle, so far, the fall of my junior year. I tore my anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), and had to receive reconstruction surgery in October of 2016. During my therapy sessions following my surgery, when my therapist would give me a set of ten exercises to do ,and I would do fifteen. Each session wore me out to the point where my legs would be…