Bray Session 1: Journal How did I get here? If there is one event that happened in my life that led me to enroll in college, it would be the completion of the book I wrote, God Is Calling Me. I had always been an avid reader from the time I was five years old. It was my way of escape I guess. One day I was getting ready to start reading a new book when the Lord said, don’t read a book. Write a book. I was in a difficult trial at that time in my life. I was in my mid-thirties and feeling lost and confused about so many things. God was in my life, but nowhere near the center. The trials and tribulations of my life were many. I fought hard against Him afraid to surrender, and terrified of going to Hell at the same time. In 1992 I gave my heart
This experience confirmed in my heart that I was placed on this earth to help others. I want to work in a field where I can counsel, be a role model, and provide clinical help to those who want to turn their lives around. I want to make a difference. I know why God allowed me to face all I did growing up, so I could have compassion, not only compassion, but understanding, relate-ability. Be the person you needed when you were
I can remember like it was yesterday that I had a passion to read. Learning new words and reading new books excited me as a teen. It all started when I was in ninth grade. I wasn’t your typical fourteen-year old child reading children library books. I loved reading the young adult books. My favorite author was Ellen Hopkins. She wrote most of her novels about teens struggling with substance, abuse, feelings, sexuality, etc. I didn’t go through the problems like the teens in the books, but the stories made me think a whole new perspective in the teen world. I felt like the young adult books gave me meaning and the hard, cold truth about the world so that’s why I liked
...d finally finish what I started five or six years ago. Life had always thrown me a curve whether it my children, work, broken down vehicles and family problems that had prevented me from going back and completing my education.
There was a moment when I doubted religion. An avalanche of tragedies piled upon my life in the blink of an eye. My father moved seven hundred miles away, people died, and family members began to discover the effects of methamphetamine. I began to think religion might be a lie. I asked myself, “Why would God make me suffer through this hardship?” By enduring this oppression, the silver lining became apparent. I grasped the true concept of my series of unfortunate events. The circumstances of my childhood have molded me into a stronger
I was a shy, introverted child. My main outlet was the books that I had at school and home. Books gave me a feeling of freedom and the ability to travel places and meet people that I would never know otherwise. I was a voracious reader, and I read everything. My mother said that I would read the phone book if I had nothing else at hand. The escapism given by books became a necessary part of my life. No matter how bad things might be at home, I knew that if I had a book that I had a way out of the current situation. I have always had an insatiable need to know everything. I watch documentaries about anything and everything, mainly history, science, and the paranormal. I am a master of trivia and can talk about the most obscure topics. I know a bit about everything. The freedom that books and learning offered me as a child and still gives as an adult is an integral part of my soul. I am never happy without something to read and learn
As I grew up, I was spending sleepless nights reading books. My face was well known in the local libraries. Eventually, local libraries were not enough and I became youngest reader who attended City Science library at the age of 9. I was reading away everything I can put my hands on in the library reading room. Till this day, I keep large library of books in the house which I read daily with my daughter.
In my past time, I read, practice piano, and practice ballet. I’ve been participating in piano and ballet for seven years now and I still think I’m just adequate at them. My mom forced me to start reading at a young age this caused my passion and love towards books some of my favorites are Blood Meridian, Gone Girl, and To Kill a Mockingbird.
I was at my lowest seeking strength and purpose. I accepted God back into my life,
When I was growing up I saw lots of opportunities to learn around me, which is a reliable reason why I asked countless questions. It is known that children are quite curious. I was no exception to this rule. As a child I read every road sign and billboard around me. Reading and writing have made my life an exciting experience. Without having read the books I have and writing the journals I did, my life would be upsettingly one-dimensional. Although I read many books during my childhood, two of them stick with me today. They inspired me as a child to write a few songs and motivated me to journal off and on throughout my entire life. My life has been changed for the better because of my experience with reading and writing.
I am a self-proclaimed bibliophile. I have always loved books and reading as far as I can remember. The very first book I purchased with my own savings was Nancy Drew Files. I was eight then. I used to love spending my free time in the library as a kid, browsing different books of different genre. Over the years, I’ve considered reading as both luxury and a necessity.
Even as a young child, I remember seeing my sister read, so being the younger sister I wanted to read the same genres she did which was mostly fiction as well as fantasy. As I grew I still love reading fiction, fantasy, along with
I am an avid reader. The type of person who can wipe out a good book in a day or two.
One thing to know about me is that I used to love reading, when I was younger I would read anywhere from one to six books at a time. Gradually, however, as I grew older reading moved to the back burner of my life. I cut out the time I spent reading books and replaced it with the digital aspects of life that control most young adults of
college to get the experience and succeed by earning my degree. Now that I’ve reached this
My parents instilled a passion for reading in me even as a toddler; years later, an excellent,