Being the wild child that I am, I refused to wear shoes. To get to the lake or canal at my grandmother’s house, I would have to walk down a road, and in Texas during the summertime, the road was incredibly hot. So without shoes, my feet would get burned, and after I mastered the barefoot run a little more, I figured out that if I ran as fast as I could to the shaded spots, wait there until my feet cooled, and then run as fast as I could to another shaded spot, my feet would be relatively unscathed. And that’s life. Life is the rough road that will burn your feet, and the shaded spot are the little bits of happiness we keep finding, and keep looking for. Everyone has their own desires and goals they want to accomplish in life, and mine is simply to be happy.
I attend The Science Academy of South Texas (SciTech), a school very diverse in ethnicity, religion, teaching methods, and personality. It is a small magnet school, my senior class being only 143 students, so I’ve had the privilege to know each kid in my class very well over these four years. The education and life lessons it has provided me with has helped mold me into the person I am today, and the person I want to be in the future. I learned from students at this school who emigrated from places such as Russia, Africa, Iran, people who had hard lives, who lived through hard experiences. I used to feel uncomfortable around my friends who have been through a lot because I’ve had the easiest life imaginable. I used to feel ashamed, and when I told them that, they agreed that I do live and easy American life, but that I shouldn’t be ashamed of it. Instead of being ashamed, I should take all the privilege I’ve had, all the education, and all the skills I was lucky to be given a chance to develop and give back to the world. They taught me there is so much more to this life we live and it is possible to use all this good fortune I have been given to make a difference. To make a difference in just one person’s life, may it be microscopic or significant, is what I hope to do with my career.
In the book, Parallel Journeys, Helen Waterford, one of the three authors, explains how she as well as millions of other Jews appreciated the smaller ‘gifts’ in life because they faced such a punishing lifestyle. After having to consume unsatisfactory food for many months, Helen talks about one extraordinary night. “‘There was one special night on Christmas. That was the first and only time we had meat for dinner. The meat was a freshly killed horse, and it tasted delicious to me. For this special occasion, each person's meal was put into a separate brown bowl. On other days, four of us had to share one bowl. Of course we had no knives or forks, no tables or chairs, but we did have meat”’ (145). Subsequent to Helen and Doris’s arrival in Chicago and reunion with Helen’s parents, the two arrived at their new house. “‘It was a single room, and I was
I have always considered myself a very promising student. I have worked extremely hard and received high grades. I have a close knit group of friends and my teachers and I have mutual respect for each other .Although I would consider myself at this present stage ‘fulfilled’ something was missing. I realized it wasn’t a materialistic aspect of my life. Through a tragic incident I finally discovered what fit perfectly in that vacancy. The consecutive hospitalizations of my grandparents evoked great pain and sorrow. However, out of the scorching intensity of this tragedy I was warmed and comforted by realizing what I was devoid of: community service.
When I was a young girl, my older brother always did very well in school and he and the rest of our family were always very proud of his work. As I grew older and noticed all of my brother’s achievements I decided that I wanted to not only achieve what he had, but to also achieve things that he had not. Because of this strive to reach and surpass the standards that my brother had set, I developed into a person with great determination. Throughout my life I have always set goals for myself and then did everything I could in order to meet those goals. This aspect of determination in my personality has allowed me to get to where I am today, a student of George Mason University. Whenever I am faced with an obstacle, such as a hard class, I make
My story starts like many others around this world; unfortunately being raised in a poor situation. I grew up in a single parent family, with my five other siblings. From a very young age, I was determined to succeed at any goal I ever dreamt of. Seeing my mother struggle inspired me to work hard and go after what I wanted in life. I didn’t have the money like many others did growing up. I had to work multiple jobs to put myself through school and pursue the activities and social outings of my youth.
A journey is when exposure to events leave impressions on you, thus creating your unique individuality. Internal journeys have an impact on you because the lessons learned stay with you forever, and help form who you are. Physical journeys leave impressions on you and what you learn is only relevant during that period of time, for instance if you are temporarily disabled. Internal and physical journeys aren’t usually experienced separately. Instead, they are intertwined and need each other for you to gain self-growth. An internal journey is more significant than a physical journey because it helps you discover unknown qualities of yourself.
The things that shape us as individuals into who we are now, and who we want to be are all different. Everyone has unique events in their life that caused them to have make tough decisions, and decide if what happened will make them or break them. These key events are what make our own personal origin story. Now our stories may not be as exciting as Wonder Woman or other well-known super heroes; however they are what makes us who we are and who we hope to eventually become. The home I grew up in getting foreclosed, straining my hip flexor really bad and having to go through physical therapy, and the story of my first car are the three impactful events that create my origin story.
When I walk the hallways of my tiny high school, it’s hard not to wonder the impression I leave on my fellow students. I want people to know that I’m just another teenager, a work in progress that is optimistically unsure of the road ahead, even if I also have a high GPA and big dreams for college. I want them to know I don’t deny that, but I also don’t want them to overlook my differences. I’ve had it rough just like anyone else, as a child raised in an abusive household, a pansexual feminist in a close-minded community, a Latina confronted by my country’s negative views on my culture, and every other part of me that’s different. There are pieces of me that sometimes stay behind the curtain, but those are what have allowed me to survive and to thrive as I conquer whatever may come my way.
and how they only kept us behind because of the colour of our skin, he
Standing tall and confident as if nothing could destroy it, the steel, glowing from the lights, stretched from the ground to the night sky. I never thought it would stand right before me. The only thing I could think about was seeing this in person. As a bright sunset shined through the holes in the steel and people crowded all around me, my eyes gazed up to see layer upon layer of steel which formed the Eiffel Tower. This was the trip that changed my view on lifestyle forever.
A baby’s life helps to form and shape the future for that child; this goes the same for me. My birth, my sign, and my name, all relate to the way I live and act today. Many people may not see this connection for themselves, but it takes a little bit of research and thinking to come to realize why people are the way they are. Every day and every action that a child experiences can influence their actions as an adult.
dad with the biggest smile on my face, when I saw milk trace above my
I never really thought about where my life was going. I always believed life took me where I wanted to go, I never thought that I was the one who took myself were I wanted to go. Once I entered high school I changed the way I thought. This is why I chose to go to college. I believe that college will give me the keys to unlock the doors of life. This way I can choose for myself where I go instead of someone choosing for me.
I have a very fulfilling feeling about what I have been able to accomplish in my life so far. I want the absolute best for myself and those close to me. I often go above and beyond to help those around me succeed and be the best version of themselves that they can possibly be.
I often think of Robert Frost’s phrase, “I took the road less traveled by” when brushing against dirt, rocks, or grass on a trail. While following a single stretch of a path, whether that road leads in a curve or in a straight line, I notice a myriad of branches to trails that I normally classify as detours. Is that what Robert Frost means when he says he traveled a road less traveled by others?
Everyone has a different life journey from others. In that journey itself, we generally experienced either happy or sad moments because life is like a Rollercoaster. Sometimes we were feeling up, and there was time we will be falling down. Yet, it is your choice whether you want to scream or enjoy the rest of the ride because you are the one who control your own life. My Journey filled with eventful and unique moments because I have crazy friends, and a lovely family that accompany my day. The following is the story about my life journey begin until the day where I stand today.