My Life

QUESTIONS/PHASE TWO QUESTIONS Has a book ever changed your life? If so, which one and why? I’m always reading but I’m one of those people that if I don’t read it again I’ll forget I read it in the first place. Sometimes I find myself reading books and just thinking, “Wait didn’t I read this already?” Two books that I always remember are Pride and Prejudice and The Great Gatsby. Pride and Prejudiced changed my life because it changed some of my perspectives on writing. I used to only write…

The lack of friends makes the world seem like a desert.” -Francis Bacon. My grandma was diagnosed with dementia in the year of 2010. This was hard at the time, however, even a diamond starts off in the earth’s mantle burning and under so much pressure. Like a diamond, which shines brightly after going through trials, I also grew and learned from this journey. At this time, I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life. My grandma was a sweet lady. I wasn’t to concerned with the diagnosis,…

significant role in the development of my dreams and aspirations. Being a first generation child has inclined me to develop a different mindset on how to approach education and everyday life. Along the years my parents have endured a vast amount of sacrifices in order for me to be where I am today. Through my parents I have learned that many things are attainable alongside sacrifice and hardwork. To begin with, my father has been a great inspiration in my life due to his dedication,…

Throughout my life I’ve been faced with a multitude of different challenges, which have through time molded me into the person I am today. Without these defining moments in my life I am certain that I would not be the same person writing this essay today. Out of all that I have experienced I find my parent’s divorce to be the most defining. It’s one of those things that you’ll remember distinctly for the rest of your life. It is definitely not the worst I’ve been through but it is definitely the…

I was born to a Hindu family – and therefore, I call myself a Hindu, based on the cultural exposures that I have had through my family and my religious community. And yet Hinduism for me is like a foundation, one on which I have built my own perceptions of God and religion, based on my own life experiences. My particular views may therefore seem unique at best, blasphemous at worst – but they will have a great impact on how I act as a patient, and as a physician. Like many Hindus, I believe…

Being forced to abandon a safe haven can cause one to hopelessly cling to the memories created there. In Gerda Klein’s memoir, All But My Life, she and her family are forced to leave their house. In this excerpt, she wanders throughout her garden for one last time. She then starts to reminisce about all the memories created there and realizes that her life will never be the same again, she has truly lost the innocence that her childhood once possessed. Through the use of concrete diction and…

baptized as an infant, received my first communion when I was 6 years old and my confirmation at 16 years old. We went to church faithfully as a family every week. However, in my heart I knew something was missing. I had no comprehension on who Jesus was and had no personal relationship with Him. I was empty inside and I was lost. I had lost all faith in God after numerous deployments to the Middle East as a Medic in the Army. I drank continuously to numb my physical and mental pain. I…

that really matters. My childhood contained some of the hardest times in my life so far. These events were mostly negative and had negative affiliations at the time, but when I look back on these memories I wouldn’t go back and change a thing. I struggled for a long time when asked to only pick one event that has shaped my life to write about. I feel as if everything I’ve been through has shaped me into the person I am today. So I decided to write about where it all began: my Mother’s…

There is a significant moment in life, where you realize, in that moment, nothing else matters. The horror, and fear in the world all stands still as you take in that moment. There are many significant times for people in many different cultures. Such as quinceaneras, birthdays, weddings, and bat mitzvahs. In these moments, nothing else matters but that moment. There's a calmness about the world But for me, my significant moment in time was when I was baptized. Sundays were, and still are…

one’s lifetime, One typically transforms throughout the years as they are presented with new life situations and new varieties of people that help shape them into a better person. Throughout my 18 years of life, I have without a doubt changed for the better, and I am still transforming daily. It all started whenever I was in kindergarten, developmentally being a year or two behind the other kids because of my late birthday, I had to work harder to comprehend things due to the fast rate at which…