Comparing your life to that as a sidewalk may be one odd comparison, but you will be surprised when you notice how many things from your life can be symbolized within a sidewalk and its surroundings. I chose image number 3, a clean, newer looking sidewalk because it represents my life in a way that nothing has before. A few metaphors that I can relate too from this image are the clean surroundings of the sidewalk, the underlying roots of the sidewalk, and the concept of the sidewalk being replaced thus its new appeal. Your life can be depicted through many things that you may have never even thought of!
Certain things happen in our lives that change us forever, leave a scar or a mark in our hearts. Some people choose to live with these wounds
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I am the sidewalk, and the grass represents my surroundings. Before I decided to replace myself, my surroundings consisted of dirt patches and overgrown grass. I let my life get away from me because I was too caught up in worrying about if my mom would ever find the right path in her life. I wanted to just let it all go and forget everything but when you discover that your mother is a drug addict and suddenly now has a strong chance of being thrown in jail, how could I just push that aside? At that time it felt as if everything around me consisted of pieces of the situation I was experiencing, I just couldn't escape it but I know now what I didn't know then, that you are the only person that can change your life for the better in times like those. I knew deep down that there was still a part of her that was the real her and not the person drugs have made her become. Even to this day I still tell myself that there is a chance, because no matter what you should never give up. Ever since I chose to finally cut and water my grass my life has been so much more greener. It's not good to let your past thoughts linger, you can't change things anyway just like the Great Gatsby says
The participants of “Sidewalk” are Howard, Conrad, Jerome, Shorty, Joe Garbage, Butterroll, Alice, Ron, Jamaane, Marvin, Keith, Grady, Ishmael, and Mudrick and other vendors on Sixth Avenue in Greenwich Village who struggle to with their economic status, on how they struggled in the wake of new economic era and political realities.
All people handle their own tragedies differently and need a different level of support while experiencing their difficulties. While some are able to persevere and accomplish amazing feats of recovery after their struggles, some people are not so lucky and choose to suffer.
...can never be portrayed in one particular way as every individual’s experience differed and is held close to the heart.
Throughout human history one has seen horrible atrocities and insightful tragedies, one has seen determined, figures of hope and brutal ends. Somehow, mankind has continuously found a way to mess up time and time again, to slaughter its own kind, to discriminate against a slight difference, to determine one's life without repercussions. Yet, despite all these unjust mistakes humanity has evoked, in the roughest of times humanity has always banded together to eradicate the wrong. With time there is prevailance, a joined society, forgiving the death and injustice that once torn it apart. We accept and learn from the mistakes of the past in order to move forward. This concept brings me to the theme that one’s ambition and ability to endure pain,
“Holding onto past memories helps humans avoid pain in the future. These experiences also help them make better decisions in the future.” (Kenny) Many people advise others to learn from the past and apply those memories so that you can effectively succeed by avoiding repeating past mistakes. On the contrary, people who get too caught up with the past are unable to move on to the future. Memories are the foundation of a person's mindset because what you make of them is entirely up to you.
Our life is like a story. Everything we do and every adversity we overcome helps us write our chapters. “Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are.” In this quote by Arthur Golden we recognize that the adversity we face determines who we are as human beings. Some of the adversity we face can alter our lives drastically. In the novel, The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini, the main character encounters many events of adversity, some of which changed his life forever.
After understanding, and coping the problem a person can deal with their problem at hand by perhaps writing it down or writing about who hurt them, according to Melanie Tonia Evans, “this is self-recognition that will assist you in healing and reclaiming your right to perfect love, success and happiness.” A person can feel as if they were abandoned, unwanted, unloved, or forgotten. The most important thing though, is to stay positive about themselves at all costs. When a person loves themselves and is happy with their life it can make everything much easier and healing can begin. “Once you have validated and learned what you can from the experience, you can let it go and move forward. This won’t happen all at once. Those imprints are still there, and they need to be replaced with healthy, positive ones,” (Dania Vanessa.) The dysfunctional experiences that a person has from their childhood can pose as a learning experience that shaped someone into who they are now, from the hardships they
Baker, J. (2007). Life’s healing choice: Freedom from your hurts, hang-ups and habits. New York, NY: Howard Books.
Going through life means experiencing great happiness but also great loss. Every loss we face may hurt and cause us grief, but we must let life take its course and endure the pain, for we cannot know true happiness without knowing true sorrow. Kahlil Gibran’s “The Prophet” discusses the hardships that come with pain and loss and gives insight about how a person can overcome that pain. Even the pain might hurt a great deal right now, the wound will only heal if we allow ourselves to feel that pain. As famous poet Lao Tsu once said, “Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.”
In life there are many people, things, or places that we experience that have influenced our lives so unique and powerful there unlike any other. Some women experience such alteration with the birth of a new baby. While for another person this life alteration may be making partner at a law firm. Though everyone experiences life on a different level one thing is for certain, not everything in life is a good experience. Everything in life is balanced, and with every joy comes some form of heartache. For some people it takes an emotional toll so incoherent that it never fades. After World War I many men experienced the let down affiliated with the war, and discovered there fight for admiration and loyalty led to nothing more than a expulsion of lost values, thus leading to the “lost generation.”
...ews we morn but we soon overcome it and block that part out of our past. If we become injured we can always find ways to get better or learn a new way to live, for an example, if you are in the military and you lose your leg they get the rehabiliattaion they need but they also learn to live life without their legs.
grueling things one can go through in one’s life. I don’t care what anyone says; crying will make
... important to always move forward with your life. There is no point in worrying about the past because you will never be able to get it back, all you can do is go on and learn from your mistakes.
People don't truly accept life for what it is until they've actually tasted adversity and went through those misfortunes and suffering. We are put through many hardships in life, and we learn to understand and deal with those issues along the way. We find that life isn't just about finding one's self, but about creating and learning from our experiences and background. Adversity shapes what we are and who we become as individuals. Yann Martel's Life of Pi shows us that adverse situations help shape a person's identity and play a significant role in one's lief by determining one's capabilities and potential, shaping one's beliefs and values, and defining the importance and meaning of one's self.
Five years ago today I was at one of the lowest points in my life. In my eyes, I was living the dream when in reality I was digging myself a deeper hole. From the time I woke up until the time I was sleeping I was fiending to be high and my days consisted of planning out how I was going to get high next. I was making a lot of bad choices with long term consequences, all the while, the only future I could see was the next weekend. Within five years I have gone through so many growing pains but they have kept me sober for three years. I am the person that usually does not look forward to change, but the trials that forced me to become a better person have helped me step out of my comfort zone and embrace that transition. The transformation that