The Importance Of My Life

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I was raised in a Baptist family of four. My childhood was calm and pleasant. I was raised with solid principles and moral values that created the sole foundation of what has shaped me today. Growing up, I was taught to embrace the idea of being respectful, passionate, responsible and understanding. From these ideas, I grew to have a powerful sense of wisdom and work ethic that has always allowed me to accomplish what I set out to do. Watching my parents and church from a young age has shown me the commitment and right lifestyle I needed to start my personal journey to a successful life. However, after arriving to middle school the real shaping point in my life began.
I experienced many dreadful events in the past years such as my parents getting a divorce, and I watched my older brother …show more content…

I see how not attending college has affected him, how drugs control him, and every now and then I see him through a distressed glass window in jail pleading for bail. I don’t take these experiences and mourn over his failures, however, but instead I learn from each mistake he makes, and promise myself to never follow his way of life. As a younger brother, I am supposed to look up to my older brother as a role model and for guidance, but I have come to realize he has become the tool that has shaped and taught me everything I should not become. It’s these ongoing experiences that have matured me into who I am today.
A few years ago when I was fourteen, I remembered myself staying up late one night after my brother was kicked out and living with my dad. During this night I wrote a long note to my brother asking for him to change and stop hurting our family. As time went on, and I watched my mother undergo depression, I promised to her that I will help change things. After few weeks had passed I found a family support group called Nar-Anon,

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