Leaving
Leaving. Some could define leaving as physically going from one point to another, others mentally traveling to a corner in their head that no one can see. Leaving from here drives the traveler right back to where they started. Be it emotional, physical, or family problems, we all "leave" in many different levels and stages in our lives. Some run to get away from troubles, then find the troubles in another form further up the road. Others travel yonder with the mindset of hope, and a will to succeed. These people have stared adversity down in the eye and burned the retinas clean out. Not afraid to put in some extra effort with the intention of pure success, these people have a stance in life that others could only have the sweetest dreams that conjure up in their heads to think about. These are the ones who can actually "leave." The ones who can put troubles behind, and use defeats simply as a motive to strive harder in the right direction. I plan to "leave" one day, in the idea of moving for change and further inspiration for music and life. But, will this journey prove to be all that is seems to be? I have always looked at my leaving as my form of escape from the life around my house, which isn't bad, don't get me wrong. The escape I seek is an adventure that many get to take, but do not realize that they are on it until it has passed the by. Will I be changed by my voyage? Will it prove to be all I thought it could be? In my head this stay in a new place seems ever so right. It seems as if nothing could possibly go wrong while residing there. I have always heard "The grass isn't always greener on the other side," but what if my some miraculous twist of fate, that the grass I move to, will be greener. Could it be possible that I might break the simple rule that my father has always spoke of? While some have over come giant obstacles in life to become impeccable people, and while others succumb to the face of adversity, I hope that my journey will prove to take the better path. I do not claim that my life has been filled with the troubles of twelve men, but I have shared my days of mourning for horrific losses in life.
Life can always change direction. We can have certain obstacles that challenge us. Sometimes this makes us stronger and we can always learn through these times. We always have
Throughout all texts discussed, there is a pervasive and unmistakable sense of journey in its unmeasurable and intangible form. The journeys undertaken, are not physically transformative ones but are journeys which usher in an emotional and spiritual alteration. They are all life changing anomaly’s that alter the course and outlook each individual has on their life. Indeed, through the exploitation of knowledge in both a positive and negative context, the canvassed texts accommodate the notion that journeys bear the greatest magnitude when they change your life in some fashion.
your first steps, and where you said your words. This place is closely attached to your heart and you cherish it despite the hardships you may or may not have had there. You love this place and everything in it. Now imagine leaving this place. Just up and leaving everything behind. Family friends, basically the proof of your existence. You just cut the ties to the life that binds you so you can go live in the wilderness. Even if you have a reason, is it possible to do without a thought of going back before you truly leave, apparently so. Christopher McCandless a young man fresh out of college did exactly this without a second thought. He left his home, his comfort zone, just so he could challenge himself. He wanted to live free of societies rules, so he left. What kind of man would do this? An ordinary man, who was so selfish he idiotically left his family .
There are various changes that can occur in an individual’s life. Some variations are very little and would not affect your lifecycle very greatly. Nevertheless, other events could be very significant and could change a person’s entire life, such as marrying, giving birth to the baby, or losing someone special. The important event that transformed my life is coming to the United States of America to get education and to study. When I first arrived in this country, I comprehended that an incredible change would happen in my life both mentally and physically. After living more than one year in the United States, I definitely believe that moving to the United States is an advantageous change for me. This change offers me an opportunity to live a healthy lifestyle as well as a new way of thinking that are significant for me and the most importantly it provided me a better education in a simple way.
Life is full of experiences and exploration. In life everyone have something that has changed the way they recognize things. Most things change a person’s perception because of the experience they had in the past. I never imagined that my life would ever change. Being born in a different country and end up in a different place could be very hard and frustrating.
If you went off on a quest would you come back a changed person? “The Hero’s Journey isn’t just a pattern from myth. It’s the pattern of life, growth, and experience for all of us”(Harris and Thompson 49). Charles Portis is the author of True Grit, a western novel that takes place through the Indian Territory in Arkansas. In the novel True Grit, the character Mattie Ross, shows an interesting example of “The Hero’s Journey.” As we read we learn she is very outspoken and strong willed, she always wants things to be her way. Mattie shows us a great example of being very independent at the age of fourteen, but after her journey does she truly change as a person?
The day I moved away, a lot of things were going through my young mind. As I took my last look at my home, I remembered all the fun times I had with my family and friends through out my life. Now I was moving 800 miles away from all of that with no insight on what lied ahead for me. As my family and I drove away from our Michigan home, I looked out the window wondering what Virginia would be, and what my friends were doing. A lot of things were going through my mind at the time. At the time my main worry was if I would make any friends, and how I would adjust to everything. During the whole drive down, my mother would often let me know that everything would be all right and I would like it. Trying to be strong and hold back my tears, I just shook my head no, wondering why we had to move so far away. Life would be different for me and I knew it would.
... and I started to realize some of the good effects that moving has had. I now understand that this experience has changed me in positive ways as well. Soon I would have friends in different places in the world that I can visit. I would have many places where I could go and feel like home. Most importantly, I would learn that one can adapt to every town and its people and that friends can be made everywhere. Every place has its conveniences and its problems. Every town has its generous and heartless citizens.
Throughout one’s life, a person may consider giving up when “the going got tough”. These things can vary from little everyday tasks, to even one’s life. Although it might seem like the best and easiest option at the time, it’s important to ask yourself, “Is it worth giving up?” A lot of the time, it isn’t. Life can become very hard to live through, but the trait of perseverance is one of the strongest traits to have, and it’s important to keep pushing on no matter what happens. There are stories and writings of people who never gave up, despite having a very difficult or miserable time. These accounts have been recorded in an article, “The Lost Boys”, a poem, “Mother to Son”, and an illustration.
By the time I was 13 years old, I thought I had everything planned out already up until college. I had already built up a plethora of excitement for everything I had been anticipating, so when my dad broke the news that my family would be moving, I was devastated. I wasn’t willing to leave behind my friends and everything that had been a part of my childhood. Because I had refused and avoided any possibility of change in my life since I was little, I wasn’t ready for change, nor have I ever experience significant changes in my life up to that point.
It means that you are giving up living your life and your ability to create and make changes to your life. All changes are better made in the now, you can’t make changes to the past because it is gone, neither can you make changes to the future because it has not arrived, the only place that you can make changes is now. Leaving the present means that you are mindful of every detail of whatever experience you are involved in. In life most people are not mindful, so they would live life without paying attention to what is going on with or around them. If you keep worrying about the past or the future, you will miss out on the changes you could have made now that would affect the future The worst part about living in the past or the future is that you’re giving up your ability to take control of your life.
...tivation, master self-management, adopt lifelong learning, and accept personal responsibility as my own. Keeping these all in my mind to will be guaranteed a bright future. Putting my mind to it will help motivate me on my journey to success. Knowing motivation will help me have the energy to overcome the obstacles of life, being organized and knowing what I have to do to succeed, finding the positive in every situation to gain wisdom for the future, and openly understand that it is only my responsibility to take care of my success and nobody else’s. Doing all four of these strategies through my voyage will give me the assurance that my mind needs to get through it. Being positively sure that I will and can get through this.
Throughout our lives, we all find ourselves constantly asking and repeating a lot of the same questions, and all of us coming up with a manifold of different answers, each of which being dependent upon where we stand at said points in our lives. In my opinion though, the most important question we ever ask ourselves though is, “Where am I going?” Now, I don’t mean this in the literal sense of what is the destination you are trying to reach so much as I’m asking your endgame is. What will this decision lead to in my life as a whole? How would my life differ if I were to make this choice as opposed to doing something completely different? Our lives are our own to live and do with as we please, but on our journeys we will all grapple with vastly different challenges containing many of the same overall characteristics which should all converge upon asking yourself, “Where am I going?”, “What path will this decision lead me down?”, and “Will I be proud of the life and the version of myself that this produces?”
To be the person that I am now, I had to reflect and accept accountability of my past actions. My past is one that many would love to erase from their memory, a past, which remained dormant, until I found myself. The steps involved in regaining myself encompassed letting go of my anger and self pity. I had to look within myself and see my self’s worth, which lead to my belief that I ran away to college to forget my past. During the years leading to entrance to college, I became caught up with friends, cared way too much about my appearance, and became “that girl” who needed others to be happy. I lost sight of my goal, to become a lawyer. My goals were buried by my present materialization infatuation, thus my dreams, and my values, failed just to create a façade of which I came to despise. Through my journey and reflection, I came to appreciate family values and redemption. Like others, my trials and tribulations came full circle.
I’ve always had a rush of angst surge through my veins when thinking about my future, because most of my family comes from a long line of high school and college dropouts. This subsequently led to the urging of my family to get a life career around my middle school year. I’ve never understood the appeal of a family and kids, not in any cynical way, I’d just rather experience the world more before having children. What I’ve always wanted to do is travel the Earth. It’s a simple dream, but for me it’s a way of life I’ve always wanted to implement, but couldn’t. Ever since I was a kid, the one thing that made me happy was going to new places outside of Fresno, and California, but now I’ve gained an appreciation for nature and my surroundings, which only pushed my dream to new heights. To experience the world is to experience life, I say. I’ve already made a decision with a loved one to do this together in the years to come after college. After college, I have a choice to do this, save up as much money as possible for gas and hit the road while playing Rocket-man by Elton John.